The Holland family began their long history with pianos back in the very early 1800s, (and although we haven’t been able to establish it, the history may go back even further than this).
Johnston Holland was tuning pianos in Dublin around this time and it was not long before his son Alexander took up the trade.

Alexander married in 1850 and went on to have a son Johnston who decided to also follow in his father’s footsteps.

His sons Alexander and Johnston (George, as he was better know) became the next generation of piano tuners. Johnston (George), was very well-known in the early part of the 20th century and was one of Ireland’s foremost tuners. He worked for the well-known company Piggott’s on Grafton Street in Dublin.  Johnston or George as he was better known, carried out many of Piggott’s concert tunings and he was one of the senior tuning staff.