Klarinet Archive - Posting 000764.txt from 2000/10

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] "Victory" Metal Clarinet
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:06:40 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] "Victory" Metal Clarinet

> From: "Jane S Wilson" <ClaireAnnette@-----.net>
>
> Does anyone have any information on the historical/manufacturing origins
of
> a
> "Victory" Metal Clarinet? Thank you.
> ------
> According to The New Langwell Index:
>
> Victory: Trade name.
> Employed by O. Ditson & Co.
> ----------
> Ditson, Oliver, & Co. WWI, BI fl Boston c1888-1931.
>
> 'O. Ditson & Co.', founded by Oliver Ditson (b Boston 20 October 1811; d
> ibid 21 December 1888) was one of the largest American MI dealers,
> publishers etc; 1861 established MI branch as 'John C. Haynes & Co.' (see
> (1) J.C. HAYNES): 1866 bought W.C. PETERS, 1867 bought FIRTH SON & CO.,
1875
> bought HALL & SON; 1888 on death of Ditson as 'The Oliver Ditson Company',
> later buying many other firms. Among trade names used were 'Bay State',
> 'Everrite', 'New Century', 'Victory', 'Yankee'. See also CHURCH, LYON &
> HEALY, MARCH.
> -------
> Mark Charette@-----.org
> Running a new pledge drive to help pay for the new Internet line for
Sneezy.
> See http://www.sneezy.org/Pledge.html for more details.

Given the relative frequency with which they crop up on eBay, they were
probably a student grade instrument as the primary markets for metal
clarinets were students and marching bands.

Dee Hays

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