RARE ANTIQUE J. C. HAYNES FLUTE PICCOLO BOSTON 1900'S

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THIS IS A RARE ANTIQUE "JOHN C. HAYNES" PICCOLO MADE IN BOSTON MASS IN THE 1900'S. IT IS MARKED ON ALL THREE SECTIONS JOHN C. HAYNES & CO. BOSTON. IT IS STAMPED GERMAN SILVER. I HAVE INCLUDED A LOT OF PICTURES TO SHOW ITS INCREDIBLE CONDITION! THIS MEASURES 15" LONG INCLUDING THE IVORY MOUTH PIECE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS WORTH SO I AM STARTING THE BID AT $9.99PS: (I CANNOT FIND AN EXAMPLE OF THIS PICCOLO ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET!!)HERE IS A GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT J.C HAYNES & CO. AND THE HAYNES FACTORY! /articles/haynesArticle.html III. Flute-making at John C. Haynes and Company, 1894-1900 John C. Haynes was born in Brighton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in 1830. After attending the public schools of Boston, he began his life-long association with Oliver Ditson as a fifteen-year old office boy earning $1.50 per week. In 1852, he received an interest in the business and in 1857 became a co-partner. In 1861, Oliver Ditson and Company established its branch for instrument manufacturing and repair under the name of John C. Haynes & Co., with John Haynes as manager. After Oliver Ditson died on 21 December 1888, the parent firm dissolved, whereupon a corporation called the “Oliver Ditson Company” was formed with John C. Haynes as president and general manager. (8) The adjunct division bearing his own name then received a new manager, Charles Williams, and continued in existence until approximately 1904, when it was absorbed back under the Ditson name. By this time the instrumental division was no longer involved in manufacturing , but was primarily a retail store for the sale of pianos and orchestral instruments. After John C. Haynes’ death on 3 May 1907, Charles Healy Ditson, Oliver Ditson’s eldest son, assumed the presidency of the company. Charles Ditson died in 1929, and the Oliver Ditson Company was purchased by Theodore Presser of Philadelphia in 1931. (9)As a publisher, John C. Haynes was known for his progressive spirit, and he helped to institute the financially magnanimous policies for which Ditson became known. For example, Haynes influenced Ditson to issue the first American editions of Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words and the Beethoven Piano Sonatas . He also enjoyed helping young struggling composers. (10) He was responsible for publishing Richardson’s New Method for the Piano . Richardson was poor, young, and unknown at the time and died soon after the publication of his book, but it netted his widow over $100,000 in royalties. (11) When he became president of the firm, John C. Haynes raised the level of and improved the quality of the Ditson publications, at the same time eliminating titles which were inferior. He saw to it that standard works were edited by authorities and re-engraved. Two notable series were also begun: the Music Student’s Library (1891) of more than forty textbooks, and the Musician’s Library (1903), which grew to more than one hundred volumes of song and piano masterpieces. (12) It was with this same zeal and vision that he led the instrument manufacturing division. In 1894 he established the Boehm flute factory of John C. Haynes & Co. – an operation which, however short-lived, had a very considerable impact on that industry in the United States. In June 1894, William Haynes left his brother’s business to become superintendent of the new Boehm flute manufacturing branch at John C. Haynes and Co. Not long after this, John C. Haynes and Co. announced publicly that they had bought out George W. Haynes:We beg to announce that we have purchased the stock, fixtures, tools and good will of George W. Haynes, of 40 Sudbury St., Boston, manufacturer of the celebrated Haynes Boehm System Flutes and Piccolos.Our “Bay State” Flute department remains in charge of Mr. William S. Haynes, but arrangements have been made with his brother, George W. Haynes. By which we secure the combined experience and skill of these two excellent... read more

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