Second Hand Boosey & Hawkes Imperial Euphonium

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Second Hand Boosey & Hawkes Imperial Euphonium

Second Hand Boosey & Hawkes Imperial Euphonium dates from around 1962 according to the serial number and has a few of the knocks and dings that are to be expected with an instrument this age and size, but overall the condition is very good. The 2nd and 3rd main valve slides are currently stuck and bell has had been de-dented but it does show. It plays really well. It is LP for low pitch, meaning that it is designed to play at standard 440 pitch unlike manys older brass band instruments. Comes supplied in a case and a Denis Wick SM3M mouthpiece is included.

The 2nd and 3rd main valve slides are currently stuck.

About Boosey & Co.

Boosey & Company’s history goes back 250 years to the 1760s when John Boosey founded a music lending library in London. By pioneering inexpensive editions of the classics, the company expanded rapidly, acquiring the rights to works by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi.

In the 1850s the company branched out into making brass and wind instruments. 1867 saw the launch of the renowned Boosey Ballad Concerts, including such favourites as The Lost Chord by Sir Arthur Sullivan, Danny Boy and Abide with Me. This success continued with the publication of works by Elgar and Vaughan Williams. In 1892 Boosey & Company established an office in New York, a business still flourishing today as Boosey & Hawkes Inc.

Hawkes & Son was founded in 1865 by William Henry Hawkes. The company followed a rival course to Boosey & Company, concentrating on band and orchestral music publishing, but also diversifying into the manufacture of instruments, fittings and reeds. Over the next 60 years, the company continued to develop its publishing activities.