Aldridge, John

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1815–1822

Business Type: 
General music shop
Musical instrument maker: piano
Musical instrument seller: piano
Address(es): 

4 Duke Street, 1815–21
2 Dame Street, 1821–22

Details: 

Succeeded the business of Edmond Lee at 2 Dame Street.

Listed in the Dublin Directories as a 'Pianoforte maker'.

From 1823, Maria Aldridge, Wilkinson & Co. is listed in the Dublin Directories at the same address, suggesting that John Aldridge may have died in 1822.

[Dates and addresses differ according to sources: Hogan and Humphries & Smith give 2 Dame Street from c. 1821 to 1822. Boydell gives 4 Duke Street from 1815 to 1821 and 2 Dame Street from 1821 to 1822.]

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  • Piano: National Museum of Ireland. Mark: 'from London, No. 4 Duke Street, Dublin' [Imported?] (Gogan)
    • See Also: 

    Aldridge, Maria, Wilkinson & Co.
    Lee, Edmond

    Source(s): 

    Dublin Directories

    Gogan, L.S., 'Musical Instrument Collections in the National Museum of Ireland', in Music in Ireland: a Symposium, ed. by Aloys Fleischmann (Cork: Cork University Press, 1952), pp. 299–307 (p. 304)

    Hogan, Ita Margaret, Anglo-Irish Music 1780–1830 (Cork: Cork University Press, 1966), p. 101

    Humphries, Charles and William C. Smith, Music Publishing in the British Isles, from the Beginning until the Middle of the Nineteenth Century; a Dictionary of Engravers, Printers, Publishers, and Music Sellers (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), p. 51

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Aldridge, John’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

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

    Last Update: 26-09-2013