Musée Musical was started by a Portuguese man named Misquith, in 1842 on Mount Road mainly for servicing pianos and organs. He named the business Misquith and Co. and it grew so popular that he within a short span had opened about 16 branches all over the south, in the Nilgiris, Bengaluru and other places. When he fell sick, he had to shut them all down, but he kept the Chennai branch open.