Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsManufacturers, musical instrumentsHistoryHill and Son, Norman and Beard, later Hill, Norman and Beard (Australia), a subsidiary of the English firm of the same name, commenced its Australian operations in 1927 and concluded at the end of 1974 with the winding up of the firm. It operated from a factory in Page Street, Clifton Hill, Melbourne (which survives as the 'Organ Factory' theatre). The building included pipemaking, voicing, woodwork and storage facilities.
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Hill, Norman and Beard (Australia) Pty Ltd. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 18/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/62101