Cramer, Wood & Co.

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1869–at least 1893

Business Type: 
Musical instrument seller: banjo
Musical instrument seller: piano
Musical instrument seller: violin
Address(es): 

4 & 5 Westmoreland Street, 1869 –70
4 & 5 Westmoreland Street, 40 and 41 Fleet Street, rere of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Westmoreland street and 43 and 44 Fleet Street, 1871
4 & 5 Westmoreland Street, 40 and 41 Fleet Street, reres of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 Westmoreland street, 40, 41, 42 and 43 Fleet Street, 1879
4 and 5 Westmoreland Street, and 40, 41, 42, and 43 Fleet Street, 1883
4 & 5 Westmoreland Street and the rere of 3, 6 & 7 Westmoreland Street and 40, 41, 42 & 43 Fleet Street , 1893

Details: 

Also known as Cramer & Co. or Cramers.

Succeeded the businesses of Marcus Moses at 4 - 5 Westmoreland Street and Cramer & Co. of 15 Westmoreland Street.

Advertised in 1870 as having the largest pianoforte and harmonium galleries in Europe, and in 1871 as being the oldest established house in the trade in Ireland (Irish Times)

An advertisement in the Enniskillen Impartial Reporter illustrates the 'Exterior view of the music warehouse & principal pianoforte gallery, the other extensive showrooms are at the right left and rere of the above & occupy the rere of no. 3, 6 & 7 Westmoreland Street, and 40, 41, 42 & 43 Fleet Street, Dublin, covering in all nearly two acres of floor space'.

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  • 'Pianos, harmoniums and American organs, violins and banjos, melodions, accordions, musical boxes, violin bows & strings; every requisite for the study of music a speciality', 1893 (Impartial Reporter)
  • Before Parting Valse on Whately Ellis' Popular Song by A. Colles. Published by Pohlmann and Co., 40 Dawson Street Dublin. London, Willcocks & Co. [...]. Halifax, Pohlmann & Son, Princess St.
    [bears the stamp of Cramer, Wood & Co, Westmoreland Street, Dublin] (private collection)
    • See Also: 

    Cramer & Co.

    Source(s): 

    Irish Times, 31 December 1869, p. 1; 6 January 1870, p. 7; 21 January 1870, p. 4, 17 August 1871, p. 4; 12 Decmeber 1871, p. 5; 23 July 1879, p. 7; 9 August 1879, p. 7; 11 August 1883, p. 2

    Impartial Reporter, 5 January 1893, p. 1

    McHale, Maria, 'Music', in The Irish Book in English 1800–1891, ed. by James H. Murphy, The Oxford History of the Irish Book, IV (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 595–601 (p. 601)

    Last Update: 13-12-2016