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CARHART & NEEDHAM Located at 172 Fulton St., 75 79 E. 13th St., New York, NY 1850 1855; Carhart, Needham & Co., 97 101 E. 23rd St. 1861, 1865. See Needham Piano & Organ Co.

Founded 1846 in Worcester, MA by Elias Parkman Needham and Jeremiah Carhart, moved to Stanton St., New York in 1848 and in 1850 moved to 13th St. between Third and Fourth Avenues, New York, occupying a part of John B. Dunham's piano factory. In 1855 Samuel C. Swartz was admitted as a partner and the company became Carhart, Needham & Co. In the same year the factory was moved to 143 147 E. 23rd St. Swartz died in 1865 and the name reverted to Carhart & Needham until 1868 when Carhart died. The company was then renamed E.P. Needham & Son. In 1880 Needham sold his patents and practically retired.

Serial numbers:

1846 - 642
1847 - 820
1848 - 940
1850 - 1400
1853 - 2090
1854 - 2520
1856 - 3000
1858 - 3300
1860 - 4386
1862 - 4970
1863 - 5200
NEEDHAM, ELIAS PARKMAN see Carhart & Needham.
NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO. offices at 292 Broadway, New York, NY; factory in Washington, NJ 1891; made the Beethoven Organ; successor to E.P. Needham & Son. Officers in 1897: Charles H. Parsons, president; E.A. Cole, secretary. Factory capacity 17,000 organs per year in 1897. Also operated as Beethoven Organ Co. and Beethoven Piano-Organ Co. See Carhart & Needham. Serial number: 1877 - 21904, 1905 - 219258.
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO See Carhart & Needham



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Reg No. Name Year Made Serial No.
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. after 1848
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1850
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1850 1529
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1853 +/-
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1855 +/-
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1855 Mar 25
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1855 +/-
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1857 +/-
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1858
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1860 +/-
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1860 7107
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1860 +/-
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1860 43379
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1860 +/-
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1861 +/- 4914
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1861 +/- 4744
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1865 +/- 7119
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1865 (+/-) 6107
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1857-1865 5944
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1865 +/- 5684
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1865 +/- 8432
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1855-1865
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1861-1865
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO 1865
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1866-1869 13963
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1866 +/-
NEEDHAM, E.P., & SON 1869 +/-
NEEDHAM, E.P., & SONS 1871 Aug. 1 16465
NEEDHAM, E.P., & SON 1877 21904
NEEDHAM ORGAN & PIANO CO. 1890 +/- 32821
NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO. 1890 +/- 216880
NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO. 1891 +/- 162510
NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO. 1891 +/-
NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO. 1897, Aug 20 29280
NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO. 1905 +/-
NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO. 1906 220211