These contracts allowed the relatively new company to continue focusing on instrument production when many more-established manufacturers, e.g. Reynolds’ early success in producing technical advancements in brass instrument manufacturing was recognized by the United States military and the company was awarded considerable contracts to provide instruments for Army Air Force (USAAF) service bands during World War II. Regardless, he quickly moved to separate himself from his past work and establish his company’s own place in the industry. White workers whom he convinced to join him or whose services he “borrowed”). 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. 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. Reynolds, served as treasurer of the company. They also note that the company started with four employees and now (1940) employed 80 men.2 Reynolds’ brother, Harper A. 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. 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. Twenty men now are employed and the force will be increased to 100 as soon as machinery and equipment are in. According to its officers, the Reynolds company has orders booked ahead for six months’ production from dealers in this country and Europe. A subsidiary, the, will operate at the same place, making medium-priced band instruments for the commercial trade. 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.
The company has leased for ten years a modern three-story brick building at 2837-53 Prospect Avenue S. Reynolds, decided to locate here because of manufacturing conditions, nearness to supply of raw materials and convenience of distribution of the finished product. 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. The new company was located at 2845 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, near the campus of former Fenn College, now Cleveland State University. In early 1936, a few months after his 51st birthday and more than 30 years work at the H.N. The above table was partially constructed based on.
It is incorrect for cornets and other instruments.
#CONN 8D SERIAL NUMBER LIST SERIAL NUMBERS#
Selmer K Modified Trumpet Serial Numbers.
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