Byrne, John

Dates Active in Dublin: 

c. 1814–1824

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker or seller: unspecified
Address(es): 

15 Great Ship Street

Details: 

Also known as John Byrn or Burne.

In 1814, the Freeman's Journal named John Byrne as facing a lawsuit from Clementi for having 'lately made Piano Fortes, and put upon them the names of respectable Houses in London, as if manufactured by them'.

Source(s): 

Freeman's Journal, 13 July 1814, p. 1

Hogan, Ita Margaret, Anglo-Irish Music 1780–1830 (Cork: Cork University Press, 1966), pp. 106–08

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

Last Update: 26-09-2013