Lyon Healy Serial Numbers

Lyon Healy Cornet Serial Number List

For more information, go to the Detailed Record of Lyon and Healy 'Own Make' Instruments. Lyon and Healy serial numbers If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. The last currently available serial number is 11013, which suggests that of this period of manufacturing may have ended in 1909 (5). Jul 27, 2018 The 4 digit serial numbers started in 1910 and must have started with the number 1000 or 1001. For many years Lyon & Healy averaged about 100 instruments a year. So the first two numbers of the 4 digit serial number tells you within 2 or 3 years on either side when the harp was made. Your instrument can be dated to around 1931 to.

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Lyon & Healy

Washburn with Oak Leaves

Mauna Loa

Camp Soprano

Founded in Chicago in 1864 by George Washburn Lyon and Patrick Joseph Healy who had originally been sent out by Ditson to start a new branch in Chicago, (and who put some money into the venture). They was the first big Chicago manufacturer and for a while it was the biggest musical instrument manufacturer in the US, (they also gave a start to a lot of the other big Chicago firms like Regal and Harmony) making pretty much every common musical instrument you can think of, and some obscure ones too, not just chordophones. However in 1928, (quite a while after both George and Patrick had died), all of the fretted instrument manufacturing equipment was sold on to J R Stewart, (who was also a former Lyon & Healy employee and went bust in the Wall St. Crash the next year because of this deal), and the brand names and wholesale side of the business was sold to Tonk Bros., with the firm from then on only producing Harps, (which they still do), and the name Lyon & Healy was never again used on a Ukulele.
When they were producing Ukuleles they produced a number of interesting designed body shapes as well as 3 different brands of standard figure 8 ones. Washburn was the brand name given to the best Lyon & Healy Instruments, American Conservatory, (registered 1927), was given to the next best and Mauna Loa, (nothing to do with the 1950 Fin-der designed plastic models), was the brand name for the budget line. This line actually started a Mouna Loa because, though Lyon & Healy were trying to sound Hawaiian here to boost sales, they failed big time and spelt the name of Hawaii's biggest volcano wrong, (it must have been a fun day at the office when they realised this!). They registered the name Trijo for use on Banjoleles, (though I have not seen it actually used - all of the L&H Banjoleles I have seen have been one of the three main brand names), they also registered the name Camp in 1923, (though they first started using in on Ukuleles in 1921), showing that Camp is an L&H brand name and not a general description for round bodied wooden Ukuleles, (though it is often used as one). They made a number of variants of the Camp over the years including a Mini Camp Jr.
As well as the round Camp the other non standard Ukulele shapes were the Shrine, (introduced in 1927), a kind of rounded triangle, the Bell, fairly self explanatory and the Venetian, a kind of lute or teardrop. I don't know if these names were registered but they were sometimes uses with the general brand names so you had Washburn Bell and American Conservatory Bell.
Leland and Lakeside were two Lyon and Healy brand names used on Guitars and maybe other instruments but I have not seen them used on Ukuleles
In addition to the names another motif that was regularly used by Lyon & Healy was the golden Oak Leaf Pattern around the bottom. This was only used on their top end models and I have seen it on some of the non standard body shapes as well as on figure 8 Washburns. Another common mark on Washburns was the curved Diamond on the headstock (they usually have Washburn stamped on the back of the headstock too). Finally I should mention the 'moustache' bridge as a common design on the Washburns and a number of the other models too. This design was patented, (Lyon & Healy liked patents), though even after the patent had been obtained they still stamped a lot of them'patent appd for'
As I said all of the brand names were sold on to Tonk Bros. who certainly used Washburn throughout the 1930's on Regal made instruments and the Washburn brand name is currently in use by the US Music Corp. (and its a long story as to how they got it but they do like to claim some link back to these originals even though there is nothing remotely direct!)

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Lyon Healy Cornet Serial Number List

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