Murdochs were a large retail group who took over McKillop's Scottish shops, and combined the names.
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Name: Helen McKillop
Comment: The firm was founded by my great-grandfather E McKillop in 1903. The shop was located at 202 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Details of the shop's opening can be found in the Piano & Organ Journal for September 1903.
It was then handed on to my grandfather JM McKillop who died in the 1930s. Unfortunately my grandmother sold the firm as my father and his brothers were away at war. We also had cousins in the same trade, who were located in Oxford Street, London.
My grandfather visited New York in the 1920s to gain new ideas from the Americans - he met Thomas Edison on this visit. Hope this information is of interest.
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"MURDOCH McKILLOP AND COMPANY LIMITED, 35 SHANDWICK PLACE, EDINBURGH."