Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:22 am
I have a couple also with the 100's prefix numbers, Rick Scwartz is his Cornet Compendium writes;
Known as Hawkes & Co. from 1860 to 1875, the firm was first established in 1860 as an importer of brass instruments in London by William Henry Hawkes (1830-1900), a state trumpet player for Queen Victoria. In 1869, he began to repair instruments, but soon manufactured instruments and sold published music, as well. In the late nineteenth century, the company was one of the most important publishers of brass and military music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Newsome 1998, 95).
In 1902, the company bought the tools of "A. Morton & Co., late A. Morton & Sons." In 1924, a one acre factory was opened at Edgware, north London, and three years later, the company employed between 200 and 250 workers. This large producer of brass instruments was bought by BOOSEY in 1930 to form what is known today as "Boosey & Hawkes" (Waterhouse 1993, 165).
Serial numbers for Hawkes & Son: (Myers and Parks 1994, 55, et al.)
(the earliest accessible numbers)
11177 1895-1900
18020 c1900
21993 c1905
27601 1911
39782 c1913
42159 c1920
44368 c1921
45069 c1922
51635 c1925
60626 c1930
CB
Known as Hawkes & Co. from 1860 to 1875, the firm was first established in 1860 as an importer of brass instruments in London by William Henry Hawkes (1830-1900), a state trumpet player for Queen Victoria. In 1869, he began to repair instruments, but soon manufactured instruments and sold published music, as well. In the late nineteenth century, the company was one of the most important publishers of brass and military music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Newsome 1998, 95).
In 1902, the company bought the tools of "A. Morton & Co., late A. Morton & Sons." In 1924, a one acre factory was opened at Edgware, north London, and three years later, the company employed between 200 and 250 workers. This large producer of brass instruments was bought by BOOSEY in 1930 to form what is known today as "Boosey & Hawkes" (Waterhouse 1993, 165).
Serial numbers for Hawkes & Son: (Myers and Parks 1994, 55, et al.)
(the earliest accessible numbers)
11177 1895-1900
18020 c1900
21993 c1905
27601 1911
39782 c1913
42159 c1920
44368 c1921
45069 c1922
51635 c1925
60626 c1930
CB