Musical Instrument Makers

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JAMES GISBORNE - J. GISBORNE & SON - GISBORNE & Co. Ltd.

37, Suffolk Street, later, Apollo Works, Vere Street, Birmingham



J. Gisborne & Son - Birmingham - 1851


James Gisborne - Birmingham - 1854


J. Gisborne & Son - Birmingham - 1870


Gisborne & Co. Ltd. - Birmingham - 1911


Gisborne & Co. Ltd. - Birmingham - 1916

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JAMES BOOTH

11, Churchgate, Bolton



James Booth - Bolton - 1876

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JOSEPH HIGHAM Ltd.

127, Strangeways, later, 213-215, Great Jackson Street, Manchester and Premier House, Golden Square, London



Joseph Higham Ltd. - Manchester - 1908


Joseph Higham Ltd. - Manchester - 1916


Joseph Higham Ltd. - Manchester - 1937

Established in 1842.

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C.W. HUTCHINS

Springfield, Massachusetts



C.W. Hutchins - Springfield, Mass. - 1884

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MAJOR BOOTH

142, Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester



Major Booth - Salford - 1902

Late Booth & Durham.

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T. REYNOLDS Senr.

58-60, Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester



T. Reynolds, Senr. - Salford - 1902

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REYNOLDS, PEAKE & Co.

35, Chapel Street, Salford, Manchester



Reynolds, Peake & Co. - Salford - 1902

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PETER HENDERSON Ltd.

17, Royal Arcade, later, 24, Renfrew Street, Glasgow



Peter Henderson - Glasgow - 1881


Peter Henderson Ltd. - Glasgow - 1934


Established in 1868.

Successor to Donald Macphee.

Noted as J.C. Weatherston and R.G. Hardie trading as Peter Henderson Limited in the 1980's.

Successor to McDougall Gillies Bagpipe Makers, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow.

The firm entered their marks with the Glasgow and Edinburgh assay offices.

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ROBERT MACKINNON

12, Royal Arcade, Glasgow



Robert Mackinnon - Glasgow - 1881

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DAVID GLEN

Greenside Place, Edinburgh



David Glen - Edinburgh - 1881

Successor to Alexander Glen.

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T.E. BEVAN & Co.

The London Musical Depot, 13, Old Court House Street, Calcutta



T.E. Bevan & Co. - Calcutta - 1897

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H. FENTUM

17, Northumberland Street, London



H. Fentum - London - c.1840

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C.G. CONN Ltd.

807, Conn Building, Elkhart, Indiana



C.G. Conn Ltd. - Elkhart, Ind. - 1926

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FRANK HOLTON & Co.

Elkhorn, Wisconsin



Frank Holton & Co. - Elkhorn, Wisc. - 1947

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ROTH REYNOLDS

Cleveland, Ohio



Roth Reynolds - Cleveland, Oh. - 1960

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F.E. OLDS & SON

Los Angeles, California



F.E. Olds & Son - Los Angeles, Cal. - 1947

Established in 1908 by Frank Ellsworth Olds. He was joined by his son, Reginald Birdsall Olds, in 1920.

By 1886 Frank Ellsworth Olds, along with H. T. Hazard, established the first silver electroplating workshop in Southern California.

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H.N. WHITE COMPANY

5225, Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio



The H.N. White Company - Cleveland - 1960

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HENTSCHEL & MARTIN

218, Lake Street, Chicago



Hentschel & Martin - Chicago - 1867

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R.J. WARD - R.J. WARD & SONS

10-12, St. Anne Street and 67, Dale Street, Liverpool and 102, Conway Street, Birkenhead, and Paris



R.J. Ward & Sons - Liverpool - 1892

B. J. WARD & SONS, MILITARY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURERS,
10, ST. ANNE STREET, AND 67, DALE STREET, LIVERPOOL.
BRANCHES: PARIS AND BIRKENHEAD.

The founder of this firm, Mr. R. J. Ward, the father of the present proprietors, was the apprentice of the well-known and celebrated military musical instrument manufacturer, Mr. J. C. Roe, whose extensive works were in Sir Thomas’s Buildings and South John Street, Liverpool. Mr. Roe was the leading man in the trade. His firm it was who made most of the instruments sold by the London and Manchester firms, and for which instruments these firms gained and held a world-wide reputation. At that time manufacturing was confined to very few in England. After young Ward completed his term of apprenticeship, he still worked on as a journeyman for two years, during which time he showed such superior mechanical skill in the intricacies of the working of the several departments that he was made leading foreman, which responsible position he held for over ten years, until the death of his employer. Shortly after this sad event Mr. Ward became the sole proprietor, and so launched, over fifty years ago, into the manufacturing world, the old firm, under the new title of R. J. Ward & Sons, and the present proprietors pride themselves on keeping up the splendid reputation that the old firm held.

The present one stands pre-eminent, and it affords local satisfaction that this old-established Liverpool firm has obtained the highest awards at all exhibitions, including the Paris Exhibition of 1889, and still later at the Royal Military, London, 1890, and Leeds (International), 1890, for the superiority of their goods, again proving the truth, as shown by the firm’s trade-mark, to be literally true. The effect of this becomes more clear when the instruments are used and heard. A curious instance of this is given by one of R. J. Ward & Sons’ customers, Mr. Thomas Rimner, bandmaster of the 13th R.V. He says:— “You will be amused when I tell you about a trial of cornets or a cornet contest. I got one of yours, and one of Higham’s, and one of Besson’s, all first class. We shut up a cornet-player in a room with three instruments to play as he chose, while about six of our band went into another room. After playing alternately a few times on each, instrument, the decision was given to the first, which turned out to be yours. We had heard so much said as to whose were the best instruments that we decided on this mode of testing them. As it is a difficult matter to test two instruments when you know whose they are, you may laugh at the idea; but I tell you this is as we did it.”

This incident proves that something more than good materials is necessary to produce the effects which are observable in Messrs. Ward’s instruments, and that, besides the possession of constructive ability, scientific and practical knowledge is absolutely necessary — not less than care and perseverance — in carrying out such an important undertaking as we are now describing. They are contractors to the army and navy, and have large shipments of instruments to India, Africa, and many places abroad, every week. Their reputation as military instrument makers is really world-wide. Locally they supply our magnificent police band, the training-ships, schools, and various large works, Hudson’s, Hignett’s, &c., while the volunteer bands, almost without exception, are served by them. They are famous for every kind of wind, reed, brass, and string instrument, violins, banjos, accordions, concertinas, mandolines, guitars, musical boxes, the harp, &c., &c., and hold, without doubt, the largest stock in all these goods.

As actual manufacturers of upwards of fifty years’ standing, repairs are naturally their particular province, and the work is actually done by their own skilled employes, at their own works, St. Anne Street. It stands to reason that Messrs. Ward’s customers secure the treble advantage of practical experience, a large stock, and the guarantee for quality based on a long and honourable reputation. A department is set aside for shipping, military bugles and drums for export being a speciality; shippers and the trade being liberally dealt with. This firm also put forward a splendid and complete illustrated catalogue of all kinds of musical instruments and their fittings and parts.
The firm’s telegraphic address is “Drummer, Liverpool,” Telephone 1142.

Source: Progress - Commerce - 1892

See: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=51631&p=161447&hilit=ward#p161447

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Wm. S. HAYNES, Co. Inc.

12, Piedmont Street, Boston, Massachusetts



Wm. S. Haynes, Co. Inc. - Boston - 1981

Established in 1888 by the silversmith, William S. Haynes (1864–1939).

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Haynes

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