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| Get the full story about buying trumpets to COLLECT by reading Caveat emptor and to buy for use read Buy One I have started a catalogue archive with 75 catalogues added to the database View a list of makers You can also view ear trumpet sales on Ebay etc. Read about how ear trumpet prices are changing Any comments on the progress so far would be very welcome. Read about the Banjo Conundrum Check our site statistics  I have closed my facebook page out of frustration with the whole thing. The UI sucks, the rate of update is insane, I just don't want other people adding stuff that is nothing to do with Ear Trumpets. And the number of 'boxes' that FB adds is just plain stupid. Click the facebook logo to see the 18 months of pictures and posts. |
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| If it is straight, it probably isn't an ear trumpet, this is part of an epergne. Caveat emptor There is some good advice at The Hearing Aid Museum or read about fakes |
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| A hand cupped behind the ear makes about 10db improvement - a trumpet can be up to 30db |  |
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| In 1891 the Mc Kinley Tariff Act of America required all imports to America to bear the name of the country of origin. So, an item bearing the words - England - or another country, will have been produced on or after 1891. |  |
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| England or English on manufactured items was started in 1891 Made In England / English Made - will date a piece to after 1921. |
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| On German items D.R.G.M. registration was introduced 1891 and if you are dating items you should hold in mind that even during Allied occupation up until 1949, registration procedures remained untouched and still used the D.R.G.M. registration documents, which of course explains why D.R.G.M. marks can be found on products actually manufactured up until 1952 as the registration itself was valid for three years. As from the end of October 1952, all registrations were definately marked with 'Deutsches Bundesgebrauchsmuster' (D.B.G.M.) courtesy http://www.toledo-bend.com |
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The earlier oval cartouche on the (London) dome reads simply F C Rein Inventor 108 Strand and dates the trumpet to circa 1860. |
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| Down Brothers provided by Science Museum |
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| 1874-1902, surgical instrument maker, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hawksley and Sons Limited HAWKSLEY 357 OXFORD STREET LONDON recorded at this address from 1865-1925 Some trumpets are marked 351 OXFORD Also retailed from 12 James Street London W Then moved to Shoreham as Gelman Hawksley Hawksley & Sons Marlborough Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN15 8TN |
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| Hawksley and Sons Limited provided by Science Museum and catalogues |
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| active 1869-current (2009), manufacturer of medical and laboratory equipment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| All about KWS provided by Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds |
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| Unfortunately all I can say for sure is that they have trumpets in the earliest catalogues we have (1910, 1912) but unfortunately the latest we have (1924) only covers syringes and diagnostic instruments. I would guess that 1890-1945 would probably be the maximum period for their production of trumpets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All about Lindsey provided by Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds "JL" refers to personal communication, John Lindsey, 19/7/93 |
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| S Maw & Son provided by Sue Watts who collects baby feeders |
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| Succeeding generations of the Maw family were involved in running the famous chemist & druggist sundries business for over 150 years. The varied names and trademarks used across the years can make dating individual pieces quite complicated. I have collated the following from Trade Directory entries, Maws Trade catalogues and other sources. I have not recorded subsequent name and ownership changes from the 1950’s onwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| S Maw & Son Reproduced from: 'The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Guide to Historical Records', edited by Lesley Richmond, et al., Ashgate, 2003: S Maw, Son & Sons Ltd., Monken Hadley, Barnet, London Manufacturing chemist The business was founded as Hornby & Maw at Fenchurch Street, London, in 1807 by George Maw, originally a Lincolnshire farmer, in joint partnership with his cousin Hornby. This was a short-lived venture and in 1814 Maw left to purchase a surgical plaster factory in Whitecross Street, London. The factory soon began to manufacture surgical instruments and later expanded to produce druggists' sundries, toiletries and pharmaceutical products. Maw's eldest son, John Hornby Maw, was sent to study under Abernethey and Stanley at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, in order to obtain an understanding of the requirements of surgeons. John was taken into partnership by his father in 1826, and the firm was renamed George Maw & Son. George retired in 1828 and his second son, Solomon, joined his brother in partnership. In 1832 the firm was trading as J & S Maw. John retired in 1835 due to ill health and under Solomon the business expanded rapidly. The firm's first catalogue was produced in 1830, outclassing many rival publications with its lavish illustrations. Following several moves within the City, the business eventually settled at 7-12 Aldersgate Street, premises that had to be completely rebuilt following a fire in 1856. In 1860 Solomon's son, Charles, was taken into partnership and the business was restyled S Maw & Son. On Solomon's death in 1861, Charles took sole charge of the business until 1870 when John Thompson, who had served the firm as a traveller for 10 years, was made a partner and the business was renamed S Maw Son & Thompson. In 1901 the business was incorporated as a limited liability company, styled S Maw, Son & Sons Ltd, following Thompson's retirement. By this time Charles Trentham Maw and Mowbray T Maw were directors and were joined in 1901 by Dr. H T Maw. Owing to lack of space in inner London after the First World War, the company purchased a 22-acre estate at Monken Hadley, Barnet, in 1920 to which it re-located some of its manufacturing operations. The transfer was completed in 1940. Following this the company was renamed Maws pharmacy Supplies Ltd, and in 1959 acquired the business of Felstead Manufacturing Co Ltd. In 1965 a new limited liability company, S Maw Son & Sons Ltd, was incorporated, to acquire the businesses of Maws Pharmacy Supplies Ltd and Felstead Manufacturing Co Ltd. Shares in S Maw Son & Sons Ltd were jointly owned by the holding company of the trade association, the National Pharmaceutical Union, NPU Holdings Ltd, and Norcros Ltd, Reading. In the same year a commercial agreement was signed between S Maw Son & Sons Ltd and NPU Holdings Ltd, whereby the former agreed to distribute products sponsored by the National Pharmaceutical Union. This contract operated until 1974. In 1973 Norcros Ltd sold its shares in S Maw Son & Sons to the American company, International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation Inc., which traded as ITT Inc. S Maw Son & Sons Ltd was acquired shortly afterwards as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITT Inc, a company which, in 1973, owned 333 subsidiary companies which had no apparent corporate or technical relationship with each other and no obvious link with the pharmaceutical industry. |
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| F C Rein and Son moved from 108 Strand to 30 Charing Cross in 1916, which helps to narrow dates on marked trumpets |
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| FC Rein and Son provided by Science Museum |
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| active 1800-1963, manufacturer of hearing aids, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| F C Rein and Son provided by Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds |
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| F C Rein and Son - and a bit on some others in the Strand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| George Tiemann & Co provided by Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds |
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| George Tiemann & Co provided by Science Museum |
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| George Tiemann, Frederick A. Stohlmann, and Edward Pfarre surgical instrument makers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Truax Greene and Co. (maker) provided by Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds |
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