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2 unusual facts about Antony Gibbs & Sons


Charles Edward Bright

He became a partner in the firms of Messrs. Antony Gibbs & Co., and Gibbs, Bright & Co. He was twice Chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust, and for many years Trustee of the Public Library, Museum, and National Gallery of Victoria.

George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall

His grandfather, William Gibbs, was the younger brother of George Henry Gibbs, the father of Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham, while his great-grandfather, Antony Gibbs, was the founder of the firm Antony Gibbs & Sons, bankers and merchants.


A Salty Dog

Having an ostensibly nautical theme, as indicated by its cover (a pastiche of the famous Player's Navy Cut cigarette pack), interspersed with straight rock, blues and pop items A Salty Dog showed a slight change of direction from its predecessors, being thematically less obscure.

Akoustik Piano

It uses a large collection of audio samples taken from three grand pianos (Steinway concert grand piano model D, Bösendorfer 290 "Imperial", Bechstein D 280) and one upright piano (Steingraeber 130.)

András Schiff

He prefers to play a Bösendorfer piano rather than the more widely used Steinway, and when possible travels and performs with his own instrument.

Ashfield, Massachusetts

Ashfield is the birthplace of prominent director Cecil B. DeMille (whose parents were vacationing in the town at the time), Alvan Clark, nineteenth century astronomer and telescope maker, and William S. Clark, member of the Massachusetts Senate and third president of Massachusetts Agricultural College (now UMass Amherst).

Auguste Dreyfus

In March 1876 a new contract for guano sales was agreed with the Peruvian Guano Company, formed by the London merchant bank Raphael & Sons, and the Peruvians Carlos Gonzales Candamo and Arturo Heeren.

Begonia boliviensis

Shortly after the plant's introduction to England, John Seden, the foreman at James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London, successfully crossed B. boliviensis and another Andean species, believed to be B. veitchii.

Bentham, North Yorkshire

The old organ, which is no longer playable, was built by William Hill of London as a "house organ" for Walker Joy, a prosperous oil merchant in Leeds; his brother designed a hydraulic engine to pump the bellows, making it the first ever to be blown by mechanical power.

Cooperative Music

Through their partner labels Cooperative music work with artists like Phoenix, Bloc Party, The Knife, Fleet Foxes, iamamiwhoami, Citizens!, Interpol, The Black Keys and Mumford & Sons.

Cosmos Engineering

The factory on Lodge Causeway was subsequently taken over by Parnall & Sons for shop and ship fitting and aircraft component manufacturing.

Dugald Campbell Patterson

On February 7, 1891 in Victoria, British Columbia, he married Frances Mabel Webb, a granddaughter of Thomas Webb, founder of Thomas Webb & Sons makers of fine English glass.

Fred Stoller

He is best known for his frequent appearances as Gerard on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Mr. Lowe in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and as Sheldon Singer, the son of Harold Gould's deli-owning character, on the short-lived sitcom Singer & Sons.

Holland Road, London

Universal Music is the UK’s leading music company and is home to major artists from Queen to Mumford & Sons—who wrote a song entitled Holland Road— and The Rolling Stones.

James Lee Clark

On April 11, 2007, the day of the execution, the Steinway piano that John Lennon used to compose the 1971 song "Imagine" was placed outside the front door of the prison as a protest to the execution, a sign of peace and statement that there is too much violence in the world.

James Meeks

The church has two locations devoted to worship; the 'Old' Salem Baptist Church, built between 1912 and 1913 is a former Roman Catholic Church that is one of Chicago's historic Polish Cathedrals designed by Erhard Brielamier & Sons, while the 'New' Salem Baptist Church is known as the House of Hope and was completed in 2005.

John P. Reese

The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History's Best Investment Strategies (February 3, 2009, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470377093) was co-authored by Jack M. Forehand and examines the approaches used by 10 stock strategists: Benjamin Graham, John Neff, David Dreman, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Kenneth Fisher, Martin Zweig, James O'Shaughnessy, Joel Greenblatt, and Joseph Piotroski.

Journal of Food Science

The Journal of Food Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1936 and is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Institute of Food Technologists in Chicago, Illinois.

Kingfisher Shopping Centre

These Mosaics are located in the part of the Kingfisher known as Milward Square, which was named in honour of Henry Milward & Sons aka Milwards Needles, Redditch's oldest and largest Needle manufacturer.

Kona Guitars

In 2006, Wiley Publishing and M&M Merchandisers, Inc. partnered to create a line of musical starter packs as part of the For Dummies line of instructional packages.

Leander-class frigate

(a) Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow

Leo Sirota

While he was in Japan, he championed Yamaha pianos, against the prevailing fashion in Japan for Bechstein and Steinway instruments.

Leslie Barringer

After the war he worked at various times as a civil servant (Senior Information Officer with the Central Office of Information) and as an editor for Scottish publishers Thomas Nelson & Sons, for the BBC as an editor on the Radio Times, and in Amalgamated Press as an editor in their encyclopedia department.

Lotus 97T

Sponsorship came from John Player Special, French oil company Elf (the official oil of engine supplier Renault) and Olympus Cameras, while the car used Goodyear tyres.

Lou Fontinato

In the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons, 2009) by Russ Cohen, John Halligan and Adam Raider, the authors ranked Fontinato No. 95 on the all-time list of New York Rangers.

Macmillan of Canada

In 1999 Macmillan Canada, as it was then known, became an imprint of CDG Books, which was purchased in 2002 by John Wiley & Sons, at which time Macmillan Canada ceased to exist either as an imprint or a publishing house.

Marc Armand Ruffer

He was the son of German banker Baron Alphonse Jacques Ruffer and his German wife Caroline.

Marsa Alam International Airport

The airport is privately owned and operated by EMAK Marsa Alam for Management & Operation Airports, a subsidiary of the M.A. Al-Kharafi Group of Kuwait.

Moran State Park

The mansion's music room is home to a 1913 34-rank Aeolian pipe organ and 1900 Steinway grand piano, both of which are still played for visitors today by the musician, Christopher Peacock.

Mt. Desolation

The band's general line-up is extensive, including members of Keane, Noah & The Whale, The Killers, The Long Winters, The Staves and Mumford & Sons.

Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers

Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers (ISBN 978-0-471-74719-2), is a book written by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, published in 2006 by John Wiley & Sons.

One Two Three and Away

One, Two, Three and Away (ISBN 0003142183) was a series of books for children written by Sheila K. McCullagh, illustrated by Ferelith Eccles Williams and published by Collins in the 1960s–80s.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Aimard was featured recording Bach's The Art of Fugue in the 2009 award-winning German-Austrian documentary Pianomania, about Steinway & Sons' piano technician Stephan Knüpfer, which was directed by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis.

Pop the Trunk

His stepfather is fixing an old Chevrolet pickup truck, and eventually gets a Mossberg pump shotgun to shoot a burglar that has been tresspassing on his property, thus 'popping the trunk'.

Ravenscraig steelworks

The Ravenscraig steelworks, operated by Colvilles and from 1967 by British Steel, consisted of an integrated iron and steel works and a hot strip steel mill.

Ronald Bassett

After devoting himself solely to writing for three years, in 1969 he returned to the pharmaceutical corporate world going to work as a public relations officer for E. R. Squibb & Sons, a post he held until 1975 when he and his wife retired to Surrey.

Rudolf Buchbinder

In 2009, Buchbinder was featured in the award-winning German-Austrian documentary Pianomania, about a Steinway & Sons piano tuner, which was directed by Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis.

Sir Alfred Bird, 1st Baronet

He is best remembered as the proprietor of Alfred Bird & Sons, a company founded by his father Alfred Bird, the inventor of baking powder and the powdered custard that bears his name.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University

In Spring 2011, it was announced the SAGU had attained all-Steinway status for its exclusive use of Steinway pianos on campus, a distinction limited to a select few universities.

SS Lambridge

In 1939 she was sold to Sir Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons, Ltd, who renamed her SS Botlea.

SS Selma

SS Selma (1871) was a 1,172 ton cargo ship launched as the Elf on 19 August 1871, by William Doxford & Sons, Pallion, England.

Steven Sinofsky

One Strategy: Organization, Planning, and Decision Making, published by John Wiley & Sons in November 2009, was co-authored by Sinofsky and Marco Iansiti of Harvard Business School.

Sunparlour Players

Extensive touring has taken place since the release of Wave North, including gigs with Mumford & Sons, Blue Rodeo and Plants and Animals, as well as their own headlining schedule of shows in barns, backyards, theatres, and clubs.

Tee Morris

Tee Morris, Chuck Tomasi, Evo Terra, Kreg Steppe, Podcasting for Dummies (2007), John Wiley & Sons ISBN 0-470-27557-X

Waxed jacket

The most well-known manufacturers of waxed jackets are: Filson, John Bardale J. Barbour & Sons, Belstaff, Royal Scot, Musto and Puffa.

Whirlow

James Fawcett, joint owner of the Sheffield silversmiths James Dixon & Sons built Whirlow Court, a small country house in the early 1880s.

William Candidus

After his return from the war, he accepted the position of tone regulator in the piano factory of Steinway & Sons, in New York City.

William Collins, Sons

Collins's Armada Books imprint also published similar series, such as the Three Investigators, alongside such British stalwarts as Biggles, Billy Bunter, and Paddington Bear, and such well-loved authors as Enid Blyton, Malcolm Saville, Diana Pullein-Thompson.

Wilson, Sons

Its principal operating activities are divided into the following lines of business: port terminals, towage, logistics, shipping agency, offshore, and shipyards.

WZGC

Around 12:20 AM on September 30, Dave FM ended regular programming with "Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons (the #1 song in the countdown) and "Atlanta" by Butch Walker.


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