Klarinet Archive - Posting 000367.txt from 2003/02

From: John Dablin <jdablin@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Buffet sold to Rutland Fund Management
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:15:42 -0500

>From BBC news, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2750355.stm>

Boosey and Hawkes "has sold its instrument workshops, maker of
instruments for orchestras worldwide, and the bass guitar used by
Beatle Sir Paul McCartney."

"A portfolio comprising brands including clarinet maker Buffet Crampon
and Besson, manufacturer of tubas, trumpets and trombones for Britain's
most famous brass bands, has been sold to a private equity firm."

"Rutland Fund Management, buyer of Boosey's instrument workshops, said
the operations had 'great potential'."

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