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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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1They made the gut from sheep's intestines and wound it. No steel was used only German silver, plated copper, pure silver, aluminum and formerly gold. They shipped their strings all over the United States and to Europe. For strings introduced by Mr. Schindler see P. 201.
31885-1896—[address hidden]
4J. WARREN TUCK
51885-1896 Successor to C. C. Houghton.
6"Manufacturer of all kinds of Musical Strings, Wire & Gut—all sizes. Wire for piano strings & fine sizes for other instruments. Brass, German silver and silver wire constantly in stock. The best gut expressly prepared and wound with gold or silver plated or pure silver wire."26
81897—[address hidden]
9WATSON WOOD
10Listed 1897 only.
11Possibly a successor to J. Warren Tuck?
13IV. C. Flute and Clarinet Makers—Period 1850-1900
151876—[address hidden]
161882—[address hidden]
17(his home)
181888—[address hidden]
191850—[address hidden]
201851—[address hidden]
211858—[address hidden]
221865—[address hidden]
231891—[address hidden] and [address hidden]
241900—[address hidden]
25Listed separately for last time in 1904
27WM. BAUER & SON (EMILE)
281876-77 Wm. Bauer & Son, 1878-82 just Wm. Bauer.
29Did chiefly flute and clarinet repairing. The father may have made a few woodwind instruments. He died and the son carried on the repairing with the Envers brothers until August Damm bought the business. Emile Bauer then went with John C. Haynes & Co.
31THEODORE BERTELING
32About 1850-1858, then in New York.
33Good woodwind instruments, typically German. Made flutes and clarinets, mostly to order.
35JOHN C. HAYNES & CO.
36Started as a music store 1865 and continued to about 1900.
37The instrumental manufacturing and repairing of Oliver Ditson & Co. was run separately first under this name, but amalgamated about 1900 with the publishing business. Instruments of all kinds were largely made for them, "Bay State" being their trade name. Imported violins were
3922 Boston Directory 1891, Advertising Department P. 1754.
4023 Boston Directory 1894, Advertising Department P. 2063.
4124 Statement of A. J. Oettinger, Musicians' Supply Company.
4225 Boston Directory 1885, Advertising Department P. 1655.
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