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Name	Information
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.
1702	NEEDHAM, E.P., & SON
1693	NEEDHAM, E.P., & SON	1869 +/-
1546	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.	1860	7107
1329	NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO.		12314
1270	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.	1850
1168	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.	after 1848
1161	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.	?	?
957	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.	1860	43379
733	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.	1858
547	NEEDHAM, E.P., & SON	1877	21904
186	NEEDHAM PIANO & ORGAN CO.	1891 +/-
67	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.	1855 Mar 25
31	CARHART, NEEDHAM & CO.
G6401	Carhart & Needham
G6291	Needham
G6244	Needham
G6187	Needham
G5293	Carhart & Needham
G5238	Needham
G4312	Needham
G4311	Needham
G4199	Needham
G3869	Needham
G3385	Carhart & Needham
G3384	Carhart & Needham
G3383	Carhart & Needham
G3382	Carhart & Needham
G3381	Carhart & Needham
G3260	Carhart & Needham
G3161	Carhart & Needham
G3040	Needham
G2521	Needham
G1802	Needham
G1798	Needham
G1584	Carhart & Needham
G1583	Carhart & Needham
G1582	Needham
G1581	Needham
G1580	Needham
G1579	Needham
G1578	Needham
G1577	Needham
G1576	Needham
G1575	Needham
G1574	Needham
G1573	Needham
G1572	Needham
G1571	Needham
G1570	Needham
G1569	Needham

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