Adam Stodart

Biography

Adam Stodart, nephew of piano maker Robert Stodart, was a founding member of the New York firm Stodart, Worcester & Dunham, formed around 1836 with Horatio Worcester and John B. Dunham, which purchased the plant of the late John Osborn and began manufacturing in his former factory on Third Avenue and Fourteenth Street. After the three-way partnership dissolved, Stodart and Dunham joined as Stodart & Dunham, a successful concern until Stodart withdrew in 1849. Stodart then carried on independently from 1849 under various names -- Stodart & Company, then Stodart & Morris -- until the name left the trade before 1870. By 1856 his output reportedly reached about twenty instruments a week, the highest of the three former partners. His business was later succeeded by D. R. Stanford, who could not revive the Stodart name's former standing.

Highlights

• Nephew of piano maker Robert Stodart
• Co-founded Stodart, Worcester & Dunham around 1836, purchasing the late John Osborn's factory plant
• By 1856 his shop reportedly produced about twenty instruments a week, more than his former partners Dunham (twelve) and Worcester (eight)

Source

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), pp. 180, 181, 182, 183.

Public domain.