Colquhoun, George

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1771–1821?

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

8 Winetavern Street, 1771
5 Trinity Street, 1793–1810

Details: 

Listed in the Dublin Directories from 1793 as a 'musical instrument maker'.

Mark: 'Colquhoun, Dublin' (Waterhouse).

[Dates and addresses differ according to sources: the Dublin Directories give 5 Trinity Street from 1793. Waterhouse gives 5 Trinity Street, fl. 1798–1810. Boydell gives 8 Winetavern Street from 1771 to 1821?.]

Select Product/Work List: 

Produced

  • Alto flute: Berlin. Inventory number 2696 (Waterhouse)
  • German flute: National Museum of Ireland [could be by Henry or George] (Carolan)
    • See Also: 

    Colquhoun, Henry

    Source(s): 

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

    Waterhouse, William, The New Langwill Index: a Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors (London: Tony Bingham, 1993), p. 69

    Carolan, Nicholas, 'Cutting a Dash: Uilleann Pipes in the 1760s and 1770s', An Piobaire, 4.35 (May 2006), 18–23 (p. 23 n. 18)

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

    Last Update: 26-09-2013