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factory premises at Frederick Mews (vacated when Boosey & Hawkes moved production to Edgware) were leased to Besson & Co., who in turn vacated their old factory in Euston Road. 7 A formal arrangement was reached between the two firms when, commencing 29 September 1933, the former Boosey & Co. Besson adopted Boosey s compensating pistons to replace their own Enharmonic Patented system in the mid-1920s. Besson The merger with the London firm of Besson & Co. Their use of the Rudall Carte brand name for brasswind seems to have been limited to mass-produced instruments in the 1950s, also stamped Starline. 6 The production of Rudall Carte flutes was continued by Boosey & Hawkes as a separate operation until the 1980s. Up to 1939 Rudall Carte had been makers of brass instruments, including (until 1933) the high-quality Patent Conical Bore brasswind and WebsterĢ 56 HISTORIC BRASS SOCIETY JOURNAL trumpets.
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Rudall Carte Boosey & Hawkes acquired the wind-instrument-making firm of Rudall Carte during the Second World War. 5 Finally, on 5 January 1943 the last nineteen items of old Hawkes & Son stock were renumbered. On 1 January 1933 the remaining unfinished Hawkes & Son instruments were given Boosey & Hawkes serial numbers. designs, being established in the 1930s (see Appendix A). 4 Demand for existing successful models (of mouthpieces as well as instruments) from both firms continued to be satisfied for some time, a consolidated range of models, mostly based on Boosey & Co. 3 The Hawkes & Son sequences of serial numbers were discontinued, the Boosey & Co sequence for brass instruments was continued, and indeed is still being used. at 295 Regent Street, although the Hawkes premises in Denman Street continued as repair shop for some time. The former Boosey manufacturing production was transferred from Frederick Mews, Stanhope Place, Marble Arch, to Edgware in the period, which continued as the main Boosey & Hawkes plant until Management and sales were concentrated at the former headquarters and saleroom of Boosey & Co. operations with those of Hawkes & Son took place relatively quickly once the new company had been created in Hawkes & Son had in built the spacious factory at Deansbrook Road, Edgware, which could accommodate the combined manufacturing operation. Immediately after the war, the export market was given priority, and instruments were available on the home market only from May Hawkes The merger of Boosey & Co. During the Second World War, production of instruments was reduced as factories were required for war work. The falling off in demand for brass band instruments was only partially counterbalanced by the new popularity of the dance band. In the 1920s trade was slack and some instruments were sent for silver-plating years after they had been made. 1 The period following the General Strike of 1926 through the depression of the 1930s and the Second World War was a period of severe contraction in the British musical instrument industry. (up to 1930) were discussed in a previous article. 1 55 Brasswind Manufacturing at Boosey & Hawkes, Arnold Myers Introduction The innovation and output of Boosey & Co.
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