| Pryorphone: In my Langwill it does not mention HB as a maker or dealer, just as a member of Dodworths New York Cornet Band...
Kenton: My understanding is that Harvey was the son of he inventor Thomas. But, I am not sure any of them did much manufacturing. I think they had ideas of what they wanted, they wrote their music and marketed all that they could. And Thomas, Harvey and the two Allens all made a business of anything surrounding music, from writing music and books to teaching dancing. And, I believe they supplied instruments.
This horn appears to me to be a Stratton.
Pryorphone: My thoughts, exactly. The construction, and even the shield look like a Stratton that I had previously
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