Abraham Prescott :bass viol maker of Deerfield and Concord : Historical New Hampshire/ Edward Wall.
- Title:
- Abraham Prescott :bass viol maker of Deerfield and Concord : Historical New Hampshire/ Edward Wall.
- Author:
- Wall, Edward.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1987.
- Physical Description:
- p. [100] - 123.
- Source:
- Vol. 42, No. 2 (Summer, 1987) Historical New Hampshire.
- Description:
- In the late 18th century demand developed for a musical instrument in New England's Congregational churches. Organs were too expensive for many churches. The bass viol was a popular alternative. Abraham Prescott (1789-1858), a schoolteacher turned instrument-maker, began manufacturing and selling the bass viol by 1819. As his business grew, Prescott moved it from Deerfield to Concord, New Hampshire, where he had a factory employing 19 people by 1850. Prescott's company survived, under a variety of names, until 1917.
- Language:
- English.
- Subjects:
- Musical instrument makers. , Stringed instrument makers. , Viols.
- People:
- Prescott, Abraham, 1789-1858.
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