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Newcombe
Octavius Newcombe was originally a partner in The Mason & Risch Piano Company of Toronto.  Mason & Risch was established in 1871 with the partnership of Newcombe with Thomas G. Mason and Vincent Rich. For a brief period during the late 19th Century, instruments were produced under the “Mason, Risch & Newcombe” brand name.  Newcombe left the firm in 1877 to build pianos and organs under his own name.
In 1878, Mr. Newcombe organized his new firm as “The Octavius Newcombe Piano Company”.  In 1900, the name of the company was changed to “The Newcombe Piano Company”. Newcombe built very high quality, durable pianos and player pianos which were mainly distributed throughout Canada and the United States. The Newcombe factory burned in 1926, and production stopped. The Newcombe name was purchased by Willis & Company of Montreal, and they continued to build pianos under the Newcombe name until 1960.
INSTRUMENT CATALOGS & EPHEMERA

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Newcombe Piano Sales Catalog 1896
Illustrated Newcombe Piano Sales Catalog, Circa 1896
Newcombe Piano Sales Catalog 1903
Illustrated Newcombe Piano Sales Catalog, Circa 1903
Newcombe Piano Company Advertisements
Turn-Of-The-Century Advertisements for the Newcombe Piano Company, Toronto
Octavius Newcombe Article
Turn-Of-The-Century Newpaper Article About Octavius Newcombe, Circa 1907