Byfield, John (ii)

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Dates Active in Dublin: 

1733

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

[London - working in Dublin]

Details: 

Son of John Byfield (i).

Succeeded the London business of his father in 1751.

He died in London in 1767 (Gillingham and Plumley).

[Note: there were two further generations of John Byfields ((iii), son of (ii) and (iv), grandson of (ii)), neither of whom worked in Dublin.]

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Repaired

  • Organ: St Michan's Church, 1733 ['alongside his father'] (Boydell, St Michan's)
    • See Also: 

    Byfield, John (i)

    Source(s): 

    Gillingham, Michael and Nicholas Plumley, 'Byfield', in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, ed. by Stanley Sadie, 3 vols (London: Macmillan Press Limited, 1984), I, p. 289

    Boydell, Barra, 'St Michan's Church, Dublin: the Installation of the Organ in 1725 and the Duties of the Organist', Journal of the British Institute of Organ Studies, 19 (1995), 74–96 (p. 88)

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

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Byfield (3)’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Byfield Family', Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Last Update: 26-09-2013