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Rudall, Carte & Co. was a firm of London-based musical instrument makers and publishers. The firm was formerly known as Rudall, Rose & Carte until 1872. The firm was absorbed by Boosey & Hawkes in the 1940s, but the name continued to be used until the 1990s.
musical instrument makers (1872 - before 1950)
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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