Registry for John Egan harps?

[unknown-user]

Hello,

Do any harpists or harp makers know of a registry for John Egan harps? I am attempting to research a harp for a local museum. It is a single action harp circa 1825.

I am hoping to find a registry with a list of serial numbers to possibly date the instrument for them.

Any

[Bonnie Shaljean]

There is a Yahoo Group devoted to Egan harps, which is a good place to ask this question. Link is

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/johneganharps/?yguid=327814981

The Egan I have personal experience of (a Grecian, hence not a single-action, made in 1835) had the maker’s current address engraved on the forepillar, which was 30 Dawson Street, Dublin.

I also have the following list (though I don’t quite understand the repetitions and date-sequences, nor whether the “harp & piano maker” in Bride Street is also Egan).

HARP MAKERS IN IRELAND – From the Galpin Society Journal, May 1963

JOHN EGAN Pedal and Portable Harp Maker to His Majesty

25 Dawson St Dublin, 1804-1810

30 Dawson St Dublin, 1821

30 Dawson St Dublin, 1830-1831

23 Dawson St Dublin, 1832

30 Dawson St Dublin, 1833-35

Harp and Piano Maker

57 Bride St [Dublin]

26 Dawson St, 1838

44 Dawson St, 1841

EGAN, READ & TAYLOR

21 Aungier St [Dublin], 1821

FRANCIS HEWSON, Harp Maker

19 South King Street [Dublin], 1830

WILLIAM JACKSON Pedal Harp Maker

38 Grafton St [Dublin], 1834-1835

7 Molesworth St [Dublin], 1838

JOHN READ Harp Maker

28 French St [Dublin?], 1837-1839

NICHOLAS READ

21 Aungier St, 1833-1835

4 Peters Row [Dublin?], 1833

[unknown-user]

Dear Ms Shaljean,

Thank you for all that information. It is all very helpful. I will indeed check the Yahoo site.

Kind Regards,

Ann.

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