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What are people's thoughts on the Hawkes & Son compensating euphoniums before they merged with Boosey?
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They couldn't build compensators, as B&H held the Blaikley patent.
They did have some workarounds, such as 5 valves and odd fingerings.
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I see, interesting. I didn't realize the patent for the compensating system only ran out in the 1970sLove suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16Comment
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They do have a "compensating" Euphonium called the "Dictor" in their 1923 catalogue:
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The fingering chart on the bottom shows the odd fingering.Last edited by MarChant; 04-01-2021, 11:27 AM.Comment
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B&H and Hawkes merged in the '30's.
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