ROS DATABASE SEARCH

Reed organs, trade cards, and more!




Atlas
NameInformation
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



Reg No. Name Year Made Serial No.
Carhart & Needham
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1865 +/- 7119
Carhart & Needham
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1865 (+/-) 6107
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1853 +/-
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1850 1529
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1861 +/- 4914
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham
Carhart & Needham 4460
CARHART & NEEDHAM ? ?
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1860 +/-
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1855 +/-
Carhart & Needham
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1866-1869 13963
Carhart & Needham
CARHART & NEEDHAM
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1866 +/-
CARHART & NEEDHAM ? 13501
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1857 +/-
CARHART & NEEDHAM
CARHART & NEEDHAM 1861 +/- 4744
CARHART & NEEDHAM
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO 3321
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO 1865
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1858
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1850
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1860 +/-
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1855 +/-
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1860 7107
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1855 Mar 25
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1857-1865 5944
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. ? 2395
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1865 +/- 5684
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1865 +/- 8432
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1855-1865
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. ? ?
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. 1861-1865
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. ? ?
CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO. after 1848