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Re: Dating a Hawkes & Son Helicon (fwd)

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Subject: Re: Dating a Hawkes & Son Helicon (fwd)
From: Adrian Drover <saxhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:11:40 +0100
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On 21 Apr, Nigel Horne <njh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 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). 

That is correct. I was a pupil of this school from 1951-1956 and remember
these helicons being used in the school band.

Adrian

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