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 11 September 2026. Printed page 68. See the scan on archive.org.

1Henderson, John Y., pianomaker
2549 Broadway 1843
3Henderson, John Y., music
4549 Broadway 1844
5549 Broadway, h. r. [address hidden] 1845
6549 Broadway, h. [address hidden] 1846–1848
7549 B’way, h. [address hidden] 1849–1853
8549 Broadway, & pianos, r. [address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1854
9Henderson, John Y., pianos
10549 Broadway & r. [address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1855
11547 Broadway & r. [address hidden], h. [address hidden] 1856
12547 Broadway, h. [address hidden] 1857
13Hill, Warren, mus. inst. maker
14185 Chapel 1835
15159 Forsyth 1836
1628 Renwick 1837–1838
1724 Sullivan 1839–1840
18246 Spring 1841
1936 Watts 1842
20Hill, Warren, musical instruments
2136 Watts 1843
22307 Hudson 1844–1845
2368½ Greene 1846–1847
24Hill, Warren, music
25h. [address hidden] 1848
26h. [address hidden] 1849
27Hill, Warren, music not in 1850–1852
28Hill, Warren, clerk
29239 Broadway, h. Brooklyn 1853
30Hill, Warren, publisher
31239 Broadway, h. [address hidden], Brooklyn 1854–1856
32Hill, Warren, music
33241 Broadway, h. [address hidden], Brooklyn 1857
34Hill, Warren, clerk
35239 Broadway, h. [address hidden], Brooklyn 1858
36Hofmaster, Fredk. See Part I.
37Holder, Charles, cabinetmaker
38372 Broome 1834
39Holder, Charles J., pianomaker
40193 h. [address hidden] 1835
41Holmes, George F., cabinetmaker
42568½ Pearl 1832
43Holmes, George F., cabinetmaker not in 1833
44Holmes, George F., pianomaker
45125 Sullivan 1834
46Twenty-second n. Avenue 3 1835
47Holt, Charles, Jr. See Part II.
48Hoofmaster, Fredk. See Part I.
49Hooper & Ball, musical inst. makers
50557 Broadway 1826–1827
51Housman, Abraham, carpenter
529 Burton 1832
53Housman, Abraham, pianomaker
549 Burton 1833–1835
55Howe, William. See Part II.
56Hubie, John, organ builder
57Hester n. Orange 1820–1822
58200 Hester 1823–1830
59Hyne, Jacob, organmaker
60113 Elizabeth 1835
61Hyslop, Samuel C., pianofortemaker
62218 Church 1815
63Hyslop, Samuel C., pianofortemaker not in 1816–1818
64Hyslop, Samuel C.
6512 Beaver 1819–1820
66Hyslop, Samuel C., cabinet maker
6712 Beaver 1821
6873 Sullivan 1822–1825
699 York 1826–1827
70Ives, Seth, fife-maker
7155 Bedford 1827
7271 MacDougal 1828
73Ives, Seth, porter house
74148 Christopher 1829
75Ives, Seth, cabinet maker
7663 Carmine 1830
7766 Carmine 1831–1833
7844 Downing 1834
79Ives, Eliza, widow of Seth
8027 Charlton 1835
81Jackson, James, organ builder
8275 Hamersley 1827
8377 Hamersley 1828
8477 & [address hidden] 1829–1831
85rear 77 & [address hidden] 1832–1834
86154 Sixteenth 1835
87Jacobus & Whiting, pianofortemakers
8839 Chapel 1822
89Jaques, John D. See Part II.
90Jardine, John, pianomaker (see Bridgeland & Jardine)
91465 Broadway, h. [address hidden] 1835
92Johnson, William, pianomaker
93342 Washington 1833
94Johnson, William, pianomaker not in 1834
9515 Thomas 1835
96Jollie, Edw. jr., mus. inst. maker
97Christopher n. Greenwich 1823
98Amos n. Washington 1824–1825
99Jollie, Edw. jr., inst.
100Amos n. Washington 1826
101Jollie, Edw., jr., inst. not in 1827–1830
102Jollie, Edward, musical instrument maker
10327 Morton 1831
104Jollie, Edward, musical instrument maker not in 1832–1835
105Jollie, Edw., instrument maker
10640 Oliver 1836
107118 Bowery 1837
108347 Bleecker 1838

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