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Vol. 86 July 18, 2026 No. 19

William C. Comstock

co-founder
  • Comstock-Cheney and Company

Biography

William C. Comstock is named as one of the founding partners who joined with Samuel Merritt Comstock, George Cheney, and Charles H. Rose in July 1860 under the firm name Comstock-Cheney and Company, the Ivoryton, Connecticut concern that began by manufacturing piano ivory and later expanded into piano keys, actions, and hammers. The text gives no further detail about him individually.

Highlights

  • One of the four original partners who founded Comstock-Cheney and Company in July 1860

Source

Alfred Dolge, Pianos and Their Makers, Vol. II (1913), p. 218.

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