![]() ![]() eBay, Lyon & Healy "Duplex/Own Make" Bb/A Cornet, 11013. Steve Mumford, Horn-u-copia > The Manufacturers A-D > Couturier > "Two Couturier Histories", Online posting, Jan 6th, 2006, 10:58pm, (20 May, 2009) 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. A Guide to Dating Lyon & Healy 'Own Make' Instruments. Chicago, IL: Lyon & Healy, 1917, The company was located at Wabash Ave. Keeping water from an top-sprung valve spring, Patent number 609556 Filing date: Issue date: Aug 23, 1898.An automatic Bb/A valve (the "Duplex" valve with valve-slide extensions), Patent number: 622820 Filing date: Issue date: Apr 11, 1899.Lyon & Healy was assigned patents by J.J. The last currently available serial number is 11013, which suggests that of this period of manufacturing may have ended in 1909 ( 5). The specs are as follows: 47 Strings(0 octave G to 7 th octave C) Height: 73 1/2 Width: 39 Extreme Soundboard Width: 21 5/8 Weight: 81 Pounds Originally purchased from Lyon& Healy in April. 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). It is a Style 85 CG Harp with a natural finish. 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. 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. ![]()
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