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Southwell, William & Co.

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1804–c. 1815

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker: harpsichord
Musical instrument maker: piano
Address(es): 

34 Marlborough Street

Details: 

In 1804 William Southwell drew up a deed of partnership with his brother Nicholas and sons John (ii) and Francis, after which the business was known as 'William Southwell & Co.'. The partnership was 'to free himself [William] from the day-to-day pressure of general business and to concentrate purely on the design, development and manufacture of instruments and, in particular [...] the piano.' The partnership was due to last four years but was not dissolved until 1815 (De Valera).

[Dates differ according to sources: Hogan gives the date of dissolution as 1814 but De Valera states it was 1815.]

See Also: 

Southwell, Francis
Southwell, Frederick
Southwell, James
Southwell, John (i)
Southwell, John (ii)
Southwell, Marcus
Southwell, Nicholas
Southwell, William

Source(s): 

Teahan, John, 'A List of Irish Instrument Makers', The Galpin Society Journal, 16 (May 1963), 28–32 (p. 32)

Hogan, Ita Margaret, Anglo-Irish Music 1780–1830 (Cork: Cork University Press, 1966), p. 107

De Valera, Terry, 'Two Eighteenth-Century Musical Instrument Makers', Dublin Historical Record, 36.4 (September 1983), 122–31 (pp. 128–29)

Boydell, Brian, ‘Southwell family 1 (1)’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>