#Washburn lyon and healy banjo tenor serial number#

eBay, Lyon & Healy 'Duplex/Own Make' Bb/A Cornet, 11013. The Washburn brand name derived from the middle name of the companyвЂ™s president - George Washburn Lyon. Steve Mumford, Horn-u-copia > The Manufacturers A-D > Couturier > 'Two Couturier Histories', Online posting, Jan 6th, 2006, 10:58pm, (20 May, 2009) In the first two decades of the 20th Century the Lyon & Healy Company of Chicago competed head to head with Gibson in making some of the most elegant and beautiful mandolins the world had seen. eBay, Lyon & Healy 'Duplex/Own Make' Bb/A Cornet, 4029. eBay, Lyon & Healy 'Own Make' C/Bb/A Cornet, 556. The catalog clearly states that in 1896, this company established a factory to produce 'Own Make' brass instruments. Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy, 1917, The company was located at Wabash Ave. Tenor 4 string Banjo.in fantastic condition with original case.an amazing instrument with a what I believe to be a nickle. In 1930 the Company reverted back to drum making. These well-made instruments enjoyed sales all over the world until the depression of 1929 when production eased. Keeping water from an top-sprung valve spring, Patent number 609556 Filing date: Issue date: Aug 23, 1898 In 1916 the Slingerland Drum Company was formed in Illinois and two years later they formed a banjo division for the manufacture of tenor- banjos and plectrum-banjos which they sold under the name of Maybell.An automatic Bb/A valve (the 'Duplex' valve with valve-slide extensions), Patent number: 622820 Filing date: Issue date: Apr 11, 1899.

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#Washburn lyon and healy banjo tenor serial number#

The last currently available serial number is 11013, which suggests that of this period of manufacturing may have ended in 1909 ( 5). In 1880, frustrated with the lack of volume available from some of the makers, including Martin, they broke away from Ditson, and in 1883 set up a manufacturing business which included banjos, mandolins. Healy were sent to Chicago by Oliver Ditson to set up his Mid West musical instrument wholesale business and among their suppliers was C F Martin. Finally, a levelling off was assumed, which would lead L&H to alternately source their brass instruments until they once again entered brass manufacturing by buying one such company, the Couturier Co, which had gone into receivership in 1923 ( 4). In 1864 George Washburn Lyon and Patrick J. The Washburn line by Lyon and Healy was their higher end grade and was always labeled and or had stamps. By using the total production between 19 to define a production average, and continuing with new production expansion through 1904, these numbers were then computed. Lyon and Healy ended up with lots of parts and components after acquiring Regal and made instruments out this new inventory, so there is going to be some confusion when trying to determine who done it. Starting with 1896, each following year was doubled up to the 1901 date, representing an enterprise start up. Starting with the L&H stated manufacturing start date of 1896 ( 1) and using the dates assigned to cornet # 556 ( 2), which still has the L&H certification by Jules Levi dated, and cornet 4029 ( 3), a presentation instrument engraved, the above dates were extrapolated.