Publisher sigla
The following is a partial list of the publishers of Chopin's music; full details are provided in the Annotated Catalogue of First Editions, from which the sigla below were derived. The latter form part of the edition/impression codes assigned to individual printed scores and thus are found under 'Source description' and elsewhere in OCVE.
| Siglum | Name of firm as found on select Chopin TPs/wrappers/covers | Location of firm |
| A&P | Ashdown & Parry | London |
| Ae | Edwin Ashdown Limited | London |
| B&B | Ed. Bote & G. Bock | Berlin |
| B&H | Breitkopf & Härtel | Leipzig |
| BR | Brandus et Cie | Paris |
| BR&D | G. Brandus et S. Dufour | Paris |
| BRD&C | G. Brandus, Dufour et Cie | Paris |
| BRg | G. Brandus et Cie | Paris |
| BRZ | A. Brzezina | Warsaw |
| C | Ad. Catelin et Cie | Paris |
| CH | Chabal | Paris |
| CHA | W. Chaberski | Cracow |
| CHAP | Chappell & Co. | London |
| CHR | J. Chrząszcz | Zytomir |
| CO | Lamborn Cock & Co. | London |
| COC | Robert Cocks & Co. | London |
| COM | Compagnie Musicale | Paris |
| CR | Cramer & Co. | London |
| CR/M | Cramer & Co./R. Mills | London |
| CRA&B | Cramer, Addison & Beale | London |
| CRB | Cramer, Beale & Co. | London |
| CY | J. (sic) J. Cybulski | Warsaw |
| E | Escudier frères (La France Musicale) | Paris |
| EW | J. J. Ewer & Co. | London |
| F | Jules (Julius) Friedländer | Berlin |
| FR | R. Friedlein | Warsaw |
| G | Gustaw Gebethner i Spółka | Warsaw |
| GE | E. Gérard et Cie | Paris |
| H | J. Hamelle | Paris |
| HAc | Charles (Carl) Haslinger | Vienna |
| HAt | Tobie (Tobias) Haslinger | Vienna |
| HO | Friedrich (Frédéric) Hofmeister | Leipzig |
| J | C. Joubert | Paris |
| K | Joseph (Josef ) Kaufmann | Warsaw |
| KI | Fr. Kistner | Leipzig |
| KO | Ant. Kocipiński | Kiev |
| KOL | [Wilhelm Kolberg] (see Annotated Catalogue, page lix) | Warsaw |
| LE | M. Leitgeber i Spółka | Warsaw |
| LEM | Henry Lemoine | Paris |
| LW | Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co. | London |
| M | Ph. Maquet | Paris |
| ME | Pietro Mechetti | Vienna |
| MEIf | J. Meissonnier fils | Paris |
| MEIj | J. Meissonnier | Paris |
| P | Pacini | Paris |
| PE | C. F. Peters, Bureau de Musique | Leipzig |
| PL | Ignace Pleyel et Cie | Paris |
| PR | Prilipp et Cie | Paris |
| R | S. Richault | Paris |
| RI | Jean Ricordi | Milan |
| Sam | Ad. Mt. Schlesinger/Schlesinger (R. Lienau) | Berlin |
| SC | Schonenberger | Paris |
| SCH | chez les fils de B. Schott (i.e. B. Schott's Söhne) | Mainz |
| SCHU | Schuberth & Comp. | Berlin |
| Sm | Maurice Schlesinger | Paris |
| ST | Stern & Cie | Berlin |
| TM | Towarzystwo Muzyczne | Lvov |
| TR | E. Troupenas & Cie | Paris |
| W | Wessel & Co. | London |
| W&S | Wessel & Stapleton | London |
| WI | I. (sic) Wildt | Cracow |