Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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Music directory of early New York city; a file of musicians, music publishers and musical instrument-makers listed in New York directories from 1786 through 1835, together with the most important New York music publishers from 1836 through 1875, 1941

109 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 36. See the scan on archive.org.

1Ferguson, Robert, printer
2120 William 1830
317 Ann, h. Elm c. Leonard 1831–1832
4222 William, h. [address hidden] 1833
5[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1834
6[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1835
7[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1836
8[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1837
9Ferguson, Mary Ann, widow of Robert
1057 Cross 1838–1840
1120 Madison 1841–1842
12Ferguson, Mary Ann, widow of Robert, music printer
13[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1843
14[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1844
15Ferguson, Mary Ann, widow of Robert, music printer not in 1845–1847
16Ferguson, Mary Ann, wid. Robert, music printer
1722 Spruce 1848
18Ferguson, Mary Ann, wid. Robert, music printer not in 1849
1922 Spruce, h. [address hidden] 1850
2048 Duane, h. [address hidden] 1851–1853
21Ferguson, Mary Ann, wid. Robert, music
2248 & [address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1854
23Ferguson, Mary Ann, wid. Robert, printer
2448 Duane, h. [address hidden] 1855
25Ferguson, Mary A., wid. Robert, printer
2640 & [address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1856
27h. [address hidden] 1857
28Ferguson, Mary A., wid. Robert, music
29h. [address hidden] 1858
30Ferguson, Mary A., wid. Robert
31h. [address hidden] 1859
32Ferguson, Mary A., wid. Robert, printing
33h. [address hidden] 1860
34Ferguson, Mary A., wid. Robert, music
35h. [address hidden] 1861–1862
36Ferret & Co. (of Philadelphia) 1
37237 Broadway 1845
38Firth, Edward I., music
39563 B’way 1863
40563 B’way, h. L. I. 1864
41Firth, Edward J., music
42563 B’way 1865
43Firth, John, musical instrument maker
448 Warren 1815–1816
459 Frankfort 1817–1819
46Hester n. Rhynder 1820
47362 Pearl, h. Hester n. Rhynder 1821
48Hester n. Rhynder 1822
49215 Hester 1823–1824
50360 Pearl 1825–1828
51358 Pearl, h. B’klyn 1829–1830
52358 Pearl, h. [address hidden] 1831
53[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1832
54Firth, John, musical instrument maker, cont’d
55[address hidden] 1833–1836
5641 Vandewater 1837
57[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1838–1841
58[address hidden], h. Williamsburgh 1842
59Firth, John, music store
60[address hidden], h. Newtown 1843–1845
61Firth, John, music
62[address hidden], h. Newtown 1846–1849
63Firth, John, manufacturer
64[address hidden] 1850
65Firth, John, music
66[address hidden], h. Newtown 1851–1853
67[address hidden], h. L. I. 1854
68[address hidden], h. Newtown, L. I. 1855
69547 Broadway, h. Newtown, L. I. 1856–1857
70547 Broadway, h. L. I. 1858
71547 Broadway, h. Newtown, L. I. 1859
72547 Broadway, h. L. I. 1860
73Firth, John, pianos
74547 Broadway, h. L. I. 1861–1862
75Firth, John, music
76563 Broadway, h. L. I. 1863–1864
77Firth, Thaddeus, music store
78239 Broadway 1845
79239 Broadway, h. Brooklyn 1846–1847
80Firth, Thaddeus, music
81[address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1848–1849
82Firth, Thaddeus, manufacturer
83[address hidden], h. Brooklyn 1850
84Firth, Thaddeus, music
85[address hidden], h. Brooklyn 1851
86[address hidden], h. Wmsburg 1852–1853
87[address hidden], h. Roslyn, L. I. 1854
88Firth, Thaddeus, music not in 1855–1857
89Firth, Thaddeus, musical inst.
90700 B’way, h. L. I. 1858
91Firth, Thaddeus, pianos
92700 B’way, h. L. I. 1859
93Firth, Thaddeus, pianos not in 1860–1864
94Firth, Thaddeus, sec.
9580 Beaver, h. [address hidden], B’klyn 1865
96Firth, Thaddeus, music and musical instruments
97563 B’way, h. [address hidden], B’klyn 1866
98Firth & Hall, music store
99362 Pearl 1821–1822
100358 Pearl 1823–1826
101358 & [address hidden] 1827–1828
102358 Pearl 1829–1831 2
103[address hidden] 1832 3
1051 This was address of Henry S. Tanner from 1845–1847.
1062 "Home, sweet Home" cop. 1830 by Firth & Hall, [address hidden]
107"The Lexington Rondo" by William Iucho, cop. 1831, Firth & Hall, [address hidden]
1083 "The Third Calisthenic Rondo" by Wilhelm Iucho, cop. 1833, by Firth & Hall, [address hidden]

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