"Concord musical instrument makers": Historical New Hampshire/ by Barbara Dixon Turcott.
- Title:
- "Concord musical instrument makers": Historical New Hampshire/ by Barbara Dixon Turcott.
- Author:
- Turcott, Barbara Dixon.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5312h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1967.
- Physical Description:
- p. 18-27,
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1967 Vol. 22, Issue 1 (Spring 1967) New Hampshire Historical Society
- Description:
- Abraham Prescott made 147 bass viols in Deerfield, New Hampshire, 1809-29, lived in Concord from 1831 to 1833, and started a chain of piano, melodeon, organ, and stringed and wind instrument makers there. At first sales were regional by peddling or at the store attached to the workshop. Many details are assembled from surviving instruments, business accounts, city directories, newspaper advertisements, and local histories.
- Subjects:
- Stringed instrument makers. , Musical instrument makers. , Viols.
- People:
- Prescott, Abraham 1789-1858.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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