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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1which included some old plug coins, old watch cases and silver spoons, assets of a defunct bank, came into the hands of a Boston flute making concern. So he came to Boston in 1913 and became associated with that firm.
3He has played the flute and piccolo professionally for many years and was the first professional flutist in the Kansas City Symphony. In Boston he is first flutist for the People's Symphony Orchestra, and teaches flute playing.
5Since 1927 he has been in business for himself, his present address being [address hidden], and has worked to perfect the scale and bore to meet with his ideas of a flute player's needs. In this time he has built nearly three hundred hand made silver and gold instruments, mostly flutes.
7The high standing of his instruments is shown by his users who include:
9Boston Symphony Orchestra, all flutists and piccolo players.
10Detroit Symphony Orchestra, first flutist—gold flute.
11Detroit Symphony Orchestra, second flutist—silver flute.
12New York Philharmonic Symphony, 2 flutes and 1 piccolo.
13Philadelphia Symphony, 2 flutes.
14Cleveland Symphony, 2 flutes and 1 piccolo.
16Neither a metal flute nor piccolo has been allowed to play the pastoral symphony of the Messiah at Handel and Haydn Society performances because its tone was considered too sharp with the muted strings. So Mr. Powell made an octave piccolo out of a bamboo fishing pole, which produced a suitable tone quality, and played this instrument at the Society's performance in December 1934.
18THE CUNDY-BETTONEY CO.
20Harry Bettoney came from England to Boston in 1893 and obtained a job in the orchestra at the old Park Theatre playing the clarinet. In 1897 he also started in business as an employee of W. H. Cundy.3
22Soon after 1900 Mr. Bettoney bought out E. H. Wurlitzer,4 a woodwind instrument maker and repairer. One year later he began to make flutes and piccolos, while continuing to import clarinets. His place soon became a service station for New England for re-
243 For further information about W. H. Cundy and the Cundy Music Publishing Co. see pp. 71-3.
254 See pp. 213-14 for further information about this business.
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