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Re: Dating a Hawkes & Son Helicon (fwd)

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Subject: Re: Dating a Hawkes & Son Helicon (fwd)
From: njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nigel Horne)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:50:10 GMT
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>From am@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fri Nov 14 18:02:55 1997
From: A Myers <am@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Dating a Hawkes & Son Helicon
In-Reply-To: Richard F. Flynn Jr.'s message of Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:46:01 -0500
Status: R

Richard Flynn wrote (13.11.97):

> Any pointers on dating a Hawkes & Son Eb bass helicon?  The bell
> is inscribed as follows:
>	 The Empire
>	 Hawkes & Sons Makers
>	 Denman St., Lonon W
>	 D.Y.R.M.S.6

There is also an Eflat helicon with similar inscription here in
Edinburgh.  We understand this to have been previously used in (or made
for) the Duke of York's Royal Military School (in Kent). 

Ours is Boosey & Hawkes, thus 1930 or later; the Hawkes & Son instrument
is probably from the 1920s. 

			 Arnold Myers	

Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments,
Reid Concert Hall,  Bristo Square,  EDINBURGH  EH8 9AG,  Scotland
E-mail:  A.Myers@xxxxxxxx
Web URL:  http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/

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