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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1Blair & Baldwin, drum makers, 227, 271
2Blake, William, bell caster, 187, 188
3Blake, William S. bell caster, 188
4Blake, Wm. & Co. bell casters, 188, 189-90, 298-9
5Blake, Wm. & Wm. S. bell casters, 188
6Blake Bell Co. bell casters, 187, 188
7Blanchard, L. A. music dealer, 18; publisher, 18
8Blyth, Samuel, early spinet, harpsichord and stringed instrument maker, 104, 194, 281
9Borg, Peter N. violin maker, 258
10Boris, Woods & Co. introducer to U. S. of Buffet Clarinet, 72 footnote 5, 273; proprietors of Globe Music School, 273
11Boston and Braintree Copper and Brass Company, immediate successor to Paul Revere & Co. (business of grandson of Lt. Col. Paul Revere) 187
12Boston Copper Co. successor to above company, 184, 187
13Boston Group of Composers, their compositions, 31, 39-40, 93
14Boston Hydraulic Motor Co. maker of water motors, 257
15Boston Ideal Banjo, Mandolin & Guitar Club, 228, 275, 276, 277
16Boston Music Company, general music publishers, 41-3
17Boston Musical Instrument Company (earlier Manufactory) 220, 226, 267
18Boston Organ Co. reed organ maker, 252
19Boston Symphony Orchestra, 115, 116, 122, 128, 155, 164, 199, 207, 210, 213, 215, 216, 218, 228, 231
20Boston Three *** Star instruments (brass) 220, 226, 267
21Boston Water Motor, first notable reciprocating water motor in general use in organs, 257
22Bourne, William, pianoforte maker, 242
23Bourne, Wm. & Company, pianoforte makers, 242
24Bowen, Henry W. Superintendent of E. & G. G. Hook & Hastings, 172
25Bower, Harry A. drum making and patents, 271
26Brackett, John W. pianoforte maker, 242
27Bradlee, Charles, music publisher, 10
28Brass instrument manufacturers, earliest company in U. S. (?) 226, 268
29Brattle, Thomas, 140
30Brattle organ, first (?) imported into New England, 140-1, 143, 293, 295
31Brennan, John D. organ builder, 255
32Briggs, C. C. Jr. 242
33Briggs, Charles C. pianoforte maker, 242, 243, 244, 247
34Briggs, Charles C. & Co. pianoforte makers, 242, 247
35Briggs Piano Co. 242
36Bromfield, Edward Jr. first New England organ builder (?) 143
37Brooks, S. P. pianoforte maker, 243
38Brown, Edwin, pianoforte maker, 246; member of Brown & Allen, 246; of Brown & Hallet, 243, 246
39Brown, John P. member of Brown, Hallet & Woodward, 250; of Woodward & Brown, 250
40Brown & Allen, pianoforte makers, 246
41Brown & Hallet (R.) pianoforte makers, 243, 250, 285
42Brown (John P.), Hallet (R.) & Woodward (I.) pianoforte makers, 250
43Bruce & Chard, makers of Mozart reed organs, 252
44Bryant, Edmund F. musician and violin dealer, maker, and repairer, 206-7; member of E. F. & O. H. Bryant, 206, 209
45Bryant, E. F. & O. H. violin makers and repairers, 206, 209
46Bryant, Oliver H. violin maker, 209; head of Boston School of Violin Making, 209; member of E. F. & O. H. Bryant, 206, 209; of O. H. Bryant & Son, 209
47Bryant, O. H. & Son, violin dealers, makers and repairers, 209-10
48Buffet Clarinet, introducers of to the U. S. 72 footnote 5, 273
49Burns, Robert, violin of, 205
50Callender, William, musical instrument maker, 212, 301
51Catholic Music Publishing Co. 71
52Catlin, Edward N. musical director and violin maker, 258
53Chard, David, reed organs, 252
54Chard, Granville, 252
55Chickering, Charles Francis (C. Francis) member of Chickering & Sons, 112, 113, 114, 117
56Chickering, George H. member of Chickering & Sons, 113, 117
57Chickering, Jacob, pianoforte maker, 243
58Chickering, Jonas, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119-20; instruments of his, 285-7
59Chickering, Thomas E. member of Chickering & Sons, 113, 117
60Chickering & Mackay, 107, 112
61Chickering & Sons, pianoforte makers, 108, 111-23, 242, 243, 246, 247, 287
62Ampico Hall, New York City, 122
63artists using and endorsing Chickering pianofortes, 122-3
64celebrations of the Company's service, 116-17
65Chevalier of the Legion of Honor Decoration, 114
66Chickering Halls, 113, 120-2
67concerts under management of, 122
68early keyboard and stringed instruments revival under Arnold Dolmetsch, 115-16
69inventions, 117-19
70list of awards and medals for Chickering pianofortes, 114-15
71Liszt testimonial, 114
72See also Chickering & Mackay; Stewart & Chickering; also personal names beginning with Chickering
73Chimes, first cast in America, by Boston Copper Co. founders, 184, 188; first imported into America, for Christ Church, Boston, 184, 298
74Choralcelo, The, 278; companies making, 278
75Christ Church, Boston, organ, 141-2, 143, 148, 295
76Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass. chimes, 188, 299; Snetzler organ's part in the Battle of Bunker Hill, 144-6
77Church, Cephas, member of Guild, Church & Co. 245
78Church, John, and establishment of John Church Co. publishers, 30
79Clarigold Hall of Wm. Horatio Clarke, 254
80Clarke, Wm. Horatio, organ builder and writer, 254
81Cole, Frank E. banjo manufacturers, 272, 275
82Cole, James, organ builder, 155, 165-6
83Cole, William A. banjo player, teacher, 192, 275; banjo manufacturer, 228, 275
84Cole & Woodberry (James) organ builders, 165
85Cole, & Woodberry Bros. (James and Jesse) organ builders, 165, 166
86Cole Organ Co. organ builders, 165
87Colton Bridge for violins, 261
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