This old picture formerly on the Leblanc site but has since disappeared. Ab Sopranino Eb Sopranino; D Sopranino; C Soprano; Bb Soprano; A Soprano. This little horn has no serial number that I can find,even on the valve spring cages. The bell is so close to being a full 5' as can be measured with a machinists scale. The bell logo states that Wurlitzer was located in Cincinnati and Chicago. Another cornet picture that is quite similar is the Lyon and Healy.

In early 1936, a few months after his 51st birthday and more than 30 years work at the H.N. White Company, Foster A. Reynolds (1884-1960) founded the F.A. Reynolds Company. The new company was located at 2845 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, near the campus of former Fenn College, now Cleveland State University. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported in late March of that year that: Another new industry has been located in Cleveland in a transaction reported closed yesterday by Granger Factory Space Brokers, 320 Hippodrome Building. Reynolds Co., Inc., recently organized.

Its president, Foster A. Reynolds, decided to locate here because of manufacturing conditions, nearness to supply of raw materials and convenience of distribution of the finished product. The company has leased for ten years a modern three-story brick building at 2837-53 Prospect Avenue S. E., containing 21,000 square feet of floor space and is expending $40,000 in alterations and installation of equipment for making high grade band instruments. Driver Epson Lx 300 Para Windows Server 2008 64 Bits here. A subsidiary, the, will operate at the same place, making medium-priced band instruments for the commercial trade.

According to its officers, the Reynolds company has orders booked ahead for six months’ production from dealers in this country and Europe. Twenty men now are employed and the force will be increased to 100 as soon as machinery and equipment are in. President Reynolds has been engaged for 32 years in making [ sic] of band instruments and also in the development of special mechanical equipment.[1] According to trademark documentation, the Reynolds name was first used for commerce in February 1936, which is consistent with the facts of the newspaper report.

In May 1940, the paper further reported that Reynolds had secured a second five-year lease (meaning the original report was incorrect, or that the first lease was later modified) through Granger for $18,000. They also note that the company started with four employees and now (1940) employed 80 men. Corel Draw X7 Download Crackeado. [2] Reynolds’ brother, Harper A.

Reynolds, served as treasurer of the company. With an established reputation in the industry and access to skilled technical assistance in Cleveland, Reynolds was able to experiment with design improvements in his own factory and to produce [instruments] that were rapidly recognized for superior workmanship and acoustical properties.[3] Reynolds’ early instruments have much in common with the designs he was familiar with from his work at H.N. White and it is not unthinkable that Reynolds leaned heavily on his experience and relationships at his former employer as he began operations (especially H.N.