Mr. Pierce
violin owner
Biography
Old Mr. Pierce lived on Chatham Street in New York and owned an old violin that Dr. Alexander Anderson came to examine in 1792, as recorded in Anderson's diary. Pierce's wife denounced music as leading to the devil after Anderson struck a note on the instrument. Anderson returned in the evening and took the violin away, promising to return it or pay five dollars, and was pleased enough with its tone to have it repaired and varnished.
Highlights
- Owned an old violin in Chatham Street that Dr. Alexander Anderson examined and later acquired.
- His wife denounced music as 'leading to the devil.'
Source
Daniel Spillane, History of the American Pianoforte (1890), p. 100.
Public domain.