Colquhoun & Voyer

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Dates Active in Dublin: 

1765

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker: flute
Musical instrument seller: flute
Details: 

Partnership of [Henry?] Colquhoun and John Voyer.

Established a music shop in Dublin together in 1765 (Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 8–12 October 1765, cited in Carolan).

[Note: the newspaper reference gives the name as Calquhoun, it is more than likely Colquhoun.]

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  • 'Counterfeit German flutes [...] supposedly made by Charles Schuchart of London' [specifically in reference to Voyer] (Carolan)
    • See Also: 

    Colquhoun, Henry
    Voyer, John

    Source(s): 

    Carolan, Nicholas, 'Cutting a Dash: Uilleann Pipes in the 1760s and 1770s', An Piobaire, 4.35 (May 2006), 18–23 (p. 20)

    Last Update: 18-09-2013