Maker/Dealer
Oscar Coon
New York, NY
USA
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1852 Oscar Coon Born
1852-53 Oscar Coon advertised at Brininall’s Hotel in
Syracuse with his Quadrille Band
1860 #50 E. 15th St., NY; brass & string bands furnished
1861 married widow Sarah A. Griggs
1863 Oscar Coon, music dealer, #6 4th Ave, NY; located here
sometime after 1859 directory & before July 1860
1864 at #52 John St., NY
1872 at #699 Broadway, NY; home at #67 W. 35th St.
1877 at #67 W. 35th St., NY; musician
1878 at #13 E. 14th St., NY
1870s-1880s played 2nd cornet with Gilmore’s Band in NY
1880 home at #167 W. 23rd St., NY
1881 his wife Sarah died; she had worked as a physician; Oscar
listed as engraver, #20 E. 13th St.
1882 at #30 E. 14th St.; music store and home on
the 4th floor
1883 published ‘Harmony & Instrumentation’
1890s played cornet with Carlo Cappa’s 2nd Regiment Band in NY
1893 at #96 5th Ave.
1905 published ‘The Pocket Standard Dictionary of Musical
Terms’ with Carl Fischer of NY
1908-1911 taught musician Deems Taylor in Oswego
1910 listed as composer & music teacher
1911 at #10 W. 59th St., NY & #162 W. Bridge St. in
Oswego; teaching lessons in harmony, counterpoint, &
instrumentation
1913 at #143 W. 69th St., NY; same address in Oswego
1920 at #34 W. Cayuga St., Oswego, teaching music
1921 died on March 19th in Oswego after 5 weeks of illness
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