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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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1the violin family and later the plectrum instruments, the old time banjos and guitars. His last trip for this purpose was made in 1887. At that time he had the largest collection of any dealer in the country of ancient rare instruments 26—violins, violas, 'cellos, violas d'amore, violas da gamba, and odd shaped instruments. 27
3Elias Howe died in 1895 and the corporation Elias Howe Co. was formed and incorporated in 1898 with his sons in charge of the business, William H. Howe being president. The firm, which was located at [address hidden] from about 1880 to 1914, gradually stopped publishing, finally ceasing this phase of the business by about 1910, and specialized in materials for violin makers, repairing 28 and the sale of new instruments of the violin family and guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukeleles, strings and trimmings.
5From about 1914 to 1924 while the store was located at [address hidden] the company manufactured patented devices and metal fittings. 29 This line was given up about the time they moved to [address hidden], which was in 1924. In 1931 the company was sold out by assignment and the music catalog plates were destroyed as being too far out of date for reprints.
7George P. Reed opened his music store in 1839 and published music under the name G. P. Reed at [address hidden] There P. J. Healy of Lyon & Healy got his start, rising from errand boy to bookkeeper and confidential clerk. 30 In 1850 Mr. Reed took his chief clerk, George D. Russell, into partnership as George P. Reed & Co. Dwight's Journal of Music in 1856 speaks of this firm as one of our three leading publishers . . . all of whom seem anxious to identify their names with the best list of works that have an enduring value. 31 The new publications sent for review to the magazine by this firm included works of Czerny, Baumbach, Cramer, Rossini, Meyerbeer, Mozart, Beethoven and American composers. 32 One spirited old pianoforte publication of theirs was Agawam Quick Step. In 1856 Mr. Russell left Mr. Reed to go into partnership with Nathan Richardson whose publications are discussed next.
926 Statement of Edward F. Howe.
1027 For some of these instruments see Ernest A. Anderberg p. 234-5.
1128 For violin repairing and the "Colton Bridge" see Appendix IV p. 260-1.
1229 For a description of what the company manufactured see Appendix IV p. 272.
1330 A Hundred Years of Music in America—Chapter XV p. 340.
1431 Dwight's Journal of Music, March 22, 1856 pp. 198 & 199.
1532 They published a number of pianoforte arrangements of important operatic numbers and L. H. Southard's New Course of Harmony.
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