Chambers

Biography

Chambers joined the New York piano firm associated with Robert Stodart in 1836, at the same time as George Bacon. Five years later Chambers withdrew from the business along with Dubois, after which Raven joined and the firm was renamed Bacon & Raven. From Spillane (1890): A Mr. Chambers was admitted as a partner in William Dubois's New York piano firm a few years after its founding, an event that prompted Robert Stodart Jr. to withdraw and begin manufacturing elsewhere. When George Bacon joined the firm in 1836, it became known as Dubois, Bacon & Chambers.

Highlights

• Joined the firm in 1836 alongside George Bacon
• Withdrew from the firm five years later
• Admitted as a partner in William Dubois's New York piano firm, prompting Robert Stodart Jr.'s withdrawal.
• Firm became Dubois, Bacon & Chambers after George Bacon joined in 1836.

Sources

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. I (1911), p. 277.

Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 108.

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