Dating SA instruments

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I enquired to the UK SA Heritage Centre re dating my SA Euphoniums, not only could they date them, but detail who built them!

Best wishes, Chas

From: Heritage@salvationarmy.org.uk" target="_blank Subject: Re: serial numbers

Dear Mr Brighton,
Thank you for your e-mail, which Gordon Taylor has passed to me.
See below for the information pertaining to your euphoniums from the records of the Musical Instrument Factory. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Yours, Steven Spencer, Assistant Archivist
The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
William Booth College, Champion Park
London SE5 8BQ 020 7326 7808

13567
This instrument predates the records that survive from the factory (the registers of instruments we hold begin in 1925). Based on the serial number we can assume this euphonium was made c1915.

22406 Instrument: Euphonium Class: Bandmaster Model: 4v
Tuned: 3 November 1932 (Passed at Judd Street December 1932)
Dispatched: 9 June 1933 by motor
Dispatched to: Clowne
Maker: Carrick
Piston-maker: C Palmer
Polisher: G Smith
Brass or Plated: S/P A

25166 Instrument: Euphonium Class: Bandmaster Model: B2
Tuned: 29 May 1947
Dispatched: 30 July 1947
Dispatched to: Leighton Buzzard (an exchange for one returned)
Maker: Hodgson
Piston-maker: Boff
Polisher: Hall
Brass or Plated: S/P A

31907 Instrument: Euphonium Class: Super Triumphonic
Model: 4v compensator
Pitch: LP
Dispatched: 23 March 1965
Dispatched to: Ipswich
Brass or Plated: S/P A