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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2009-09-20 19:18
From The New Langwill Index:
Bruno WWI, BI fl New York 1834-p1950.
MI importers, dealers. Established by Charles Bruno (b ?Saxony c1800; d Brooklyn March 1884); 1868 joined by his son Charles (b 1838) as 'C. Bruno & Son'; 1900/20 incorporated, by which time the firm's trade name had been replaced on instruments by new proprietary names, 'Lafayette, Paris', Perfackton', 'Perfection', 'Henry Pourcelle, Paris', 'La Vesta', 'Vocotone' being the most common import labels. Active since 1834, the firm may be considered the longest enduring venture in American musical merchandising.
Address:
1837-39: 212 Fulton
1849: 92 East 15th St
1850: 62 Liberty
1851-53: 47 Maiden Lane
1854-63: 2 Maiden Lane
1864-65: 203 Broadway
1866-67: 581 Broadway
1868-81: 4 Courtlandt
1882: 10 Courtlandt
1883-90: 54 Maiden Lane and 29 Liberty
1900-02: 356 Broadway
1926-30 351-53 4th Avenue
1941: 460 West 34th St.
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