Vintage Hawkes “The Dictor” Euphonium

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Vintage Hawkes “The Dictor” Euphonium

This Vintage Hawkes “The Dictor” Euphonium is a vintage three valve non compensating euphonium. The serial number dates it to sometime between 1911 and 1913. It has a few dents and marks as to be expected for its age, but it still blows well and could still be a usuable intstrument. Comes supplied with a period mouthpiece and case.

About Hawkes & Son

Known as Hawkes & Co. from 1860 to 1875, the firm was first established in 1860 as an importer of brass instruments in London by William Henry Hawkes (1830-1900), a state trumpet player for Queen Victoria. In 1869, he began to repair instruments, but soon manufactured instruments and sold published music, as well. In the late nineteenth century, the company was one of the most important publishers of brass and military music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In 1902, the company bought the tools of “A. Morton & Co., late A. Morton & Sons.” In 1924, a one acre factory was opened at Edgware, north London, and three years later, the company employed between 200 and 250 workers. This large producer of brass instruments was bought by BOOSEY in 1930 to form what is known today as “Boosey & Hawkes”.

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