"Music Seller" mid-19thC

[Keith Sherwood]

Hi, Everyone,
I'm a little curious as to what exactly a "Music Seller" did to earn a living in 1851...
In the 1851 Census in Brighton a John TUCKER is living at 89, Western Road.  He is from Penryn in Cornwall, his wife from Gt Torrington in Devon, and his children are born all over the place it seems - Maidstone in Kent, Brighton, Leeds in Yorkshire, and Kirdford in Sussex.  So, I was wondering whether it was a bit of an itinerant lifestyle selling some sort of music sheets, perhaps.  It was quite a musical family, too, as their 34 year old daughter Mary is a Professor of the Pianoforte, a son John also sells music, and they have a visitor John Squires who is an organ builder...
Many thanks, Keith

[youngtug]

Sheet music would have been what he sold.

An example of popularity; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_the_Ball_%28song%29

[although 40 years later]

[Keith Sherwood]

Very interesting link, Youngtug...
Thanks very much for that!
Keith