Murdock, Robert

Dates Active in Dublin: 

c. 1781–1824

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker: harpsichord
Musical instrument maker: organ
Musical instrument maker: piano
Address(es): 

62 Upper Sackville Street, 1815
9 Gloucester Place, 1817–21
13 Moore Street, 1822
10 College Green, 1823–24

Details: 

Murdock moved from Cork to Dublin in 1781 (Hibernian Chronicle).

[Details differ according to sources: Teahan lists two Murdocks, one with no forename or address in Dublin in 1785 as an organ builder and harpsichord maker and a Robert Murdock, piano maker at Gloster Place and 10 College Green from 1812 to 1824. It is assumed here that these are the same person, the Robert Murdock who is listed as piano maker and organ builder in the Dublin Directories between 1815 and 1824 at the addresses listed above. Hogan gives a 'Murdoch' at Gloucester Place c. 1810 only.]

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Produced

  • 'An elegant new Forti Piano, remarkably well toned', 1781 (Hibernian Chronicle)
    • Source(s): 

    Dublin Directories

    Hibernian Chronicle, 25 June 1781, p. 3

    Teahan, John, 'A List of Irish Instrument Makers', The Galpin Society Journal, 16 (May 1963), 28–32 (p. 30)

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

    O'Regan, Susan, 'Public Concerts in the Musical Life of Cork 1754–1840', 2 vols (unpublished doctoral thesis, Cork School of Music, 2008), I, p. 97

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

    Last Update: 26-09-2013