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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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1BOX VALVE, 3 pistons made by B. F. Quinby, Boston, 1875.
2At University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments. Coll. No. [address hidden] p. 218.
3An application in a mechanism introduced by B. F. Quinby of the same principle used by Graves & Co. in the 2 pistons listed before.
5† SILVER BUGLE inscribed "Quinby Brothers, Boston."
6In the First Corps Cadets' Museum, First Corps Cadets' Armory, cor. [address hidden] & [address hidden], Boston, Mass. Open Mon. to Fri. 9-5 except during lunch hour, Sat. 9-12n.
8CORNET made by Quinby Bros. Has 3 rotary valves.
9At The Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan.
11† CORNET inscribed "B. F. Richardson, Maker." Used in Civil War.
12In the First Corps Cadets' Museum, First Corps Cadets' Armory, cor. [address hidden] & [address hidden], Boston. Open as stated above.
13Silver, 3 rotary valves. Additional inscription "Presented to J.[ohn] Spofford by the Officers of the 45th Cadet Regiment M.[ass.] V.[olunteer] M.[ilitia] October 1862." Mr. Spofford's bandmaster's warrant and discharge are also preserved.
14For illustration of the "Bayley Cornet" made by Richardson & Bayley see Boston Directory 1863 Advtg. Dept. p. 29.
16† BRASS BUGLE inscribed "Made by Standard Band Instrument Company [address hidden], Boston."
17In the First Corps Cadets' Museum, First Corps Cadets' Armory, cor. [address hidden] & [address hidden], Boston. Open as stated above.
18Presented to the First Corps Cadets July 10, 1893 and used by them.
20† BRASS BUGLE inscribed "Whitmore & Mansfield, Makers, Boston, Mass."
21In the First Corps Cadets' Museum, First Corps Cadets' Armory, cor. [address hidden] & [address hidden], Boston.
22Presented to the First Corps Cadets July 10, 1893, and used by them. No information obtained by writer about this firm.
24KENT BUGLE made by E. G. Wright & Co. of Boston. This horn has 10 keys.
25At the Edison Institute, Dearborn, Michigan.
27* BUGLE inscribed on a bronze medallion "Made by E. G. Wright Boston," also on bell "Sergeant McKendry—b. Ponkapog, Nov. 8, 1834. 22nd Mass. Vols."
28At the Canton Historical Society, [address hidden], Canton, Mass. To see write Mr. Walter Hall, Curator, [address hidden], Canton.
29This bugle made of German silver with a brass edge to the bell was sent him by his family. He enlisted from Canton, in Co. D, 22nd Regiment M. V. M. and served as sergeant in the Peninsular Campaign of the Civil War. He died Aug. 28, 1874. Presented by his nephew, Elliot A. Curtis, of Stoughton, Mass., Oct. 12, 1927.
30For illustration of rotary and piston cornets made by E. G. Wright & Co. see Boston Directory 1870, Advtg. Dept., p. 1043.
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