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Cramer & Co.

1824 establishments in EnglandBritish companies established in 1824Defunct retail companies of the United KingdomManufacturing companies established in 1824Music retailers of the United Kingdom
Musical instrument manufacturing companies based in LondonPiano manufacturing companies of the United KingdomPublishing companies based in LondonPublishing companies established in 1824Sheet music publishing companiesShops in London

J. B. Cramer & Co. was an English musical instrument manufacturing, music-publishing and music-selling business in London, founded in 1824 by the musician Johann Baptist Cramer. Its New Bond Street premises closed in 1964 when the company was taken over by Kemble & Co.

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Cramer & Co.
New Bond Street, City of Westminster Mayfair

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W1S 2SE City of Westminster, Mayfair
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