D'Oyly Carte conductor David Mackie notes in his book Arthur Sullivan and The Royal Society of Musicians (The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain, 2006, p.143 ISBN0-9509481-3-6) that Mrs. Ronalds is buried with a copy and bequeathed the original manuscript to Dame Clara Butt, who had recorded the song several times (see Buckley, Jack. "In Search of The Lost Chord". MusicWeb International, accessed 2 September 2010). Butt's husband was the baritone Kennerley Rumford. In 1950, Rumford gave the manuscript Worshipful Company of Musicians, which still owns it.
