BOOSEY & HAWKES INSTRUMENTS
The closure of the Boosey & Hawkes musical instrument factory in 2005 marked the end of large-scale instrument manufacture in the UK. A collection of the instruments made by Boosey and Hawkes was started in 1859 and has now found a new home in the Horniman Museum with a display of over 100 items from the company’s instrument collection and archives. Tom visited the Museum to look round the exhibition with the curator for the collection, Dr. Bradley Strauchen, and to catch up with some of the people who worked for the company.
Sound Designs: The Story of Boosey & Hawkes is on permanent display at the Horniman Museum in London.
BBC - Radio 3 - Music Matters - 3 December 2006
Written by Ian McKenzie on December 1st, 2006 with no comments.
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