Wind Instrument Exhibitors 1851 – 1862

Introduction

The following table presents a listing of all wind instrument exhibitors who participated in at least one of the first three great International Exhibitions – those held in London in 1851, in Paris in 1855 and again in London in 1862.

In the columns headed by the three Exhibitions, the term (pass) indicates that the exhibitor in question was definitely in business at the time and could have participated, but chose not to do so. The term N/A indicates either that the exhibitor was not in business (and hence not in a position to participate) or that his status at the time is unclear.

Exhibitors for whom Flutes are given as the exhibit often exhibited more than just flutes. But we have singled out these exhibitors in view of their special interest for us. Those whose exhibition of flutes is uncertain based on current information are simply indicated by the various categories of instruments which they displayed. Some of those shown as having displayed “Woodwinds” undoubtedly did display flutes, but we have no hard evidence to confirm this at present.

The information in this table is largely extracted from the New Langwill Index, supplemented by such records of the Exhibitions of 1851, 1855 and 1862 as we have been able to find to date. In some cases, Langwill was found to be inconsistent with contemporary sources, and we have gone along with the contemporary evidence in such cases.

Maker	City	Country	Active	London 1851	Paris 1855	London 1862
Ahlberg & Ohlsson	Stockholm	Sweden	1850 - p1950	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Albert, Eugene*	Brussels	Belgium	1842 - 1895	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
Association Fraternelle d’ouvriers facteurs	Paris	France	1848 – c1860	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass	N/A
*Badger, Alfred G*. (on Charles Goodyear’s stand)	New York	USA	1838 - 1892	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	(Pass)
Barbu, J. P.	Paris	France	1862 – 1899	N/A	N/A	Woodwinds
Bauer, Eduard Johann	Prague	Austria (at the time)	1836 - 1871	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Besson, G. A.	Paris London	France England	1838 – p1950 1858 - p1950	Woodwinds, Brass	Woodwinds, Brass	Woodwinds, Brass
*Böhm, Theobald*	Munich	Zollverein	1828 - 1888	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
Bohland, Gustav	Graslitz	Austria (at the time)	1850 - 1870	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass, Woodwinds
*Boosey & Co.*	London	England	1851 - 1930	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
Boose, Carl	London	England	Mid c.19	Woodwinds	N/A	N/A
*Breton, J. D.*	Paris	France	1844 - 1874	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Buffet-Crampon*	Paris	France	1839 - 1950	(Pass)	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Buffet, Auguste jeune*	Paris	France	1830 - 1885	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
Buthod & Thibouville	Paris	France	1857 - 1867	N/A	N/A	Brass
Callcott, John	London	England	1842 - 1861	Brass	(Pass)	N/A
*Card & Co.*	London	England	1825 - 1876	*Flutes*	(Pass)	*Flutes*
Cerveny, V. F.	Königgrätz	Austria	1842 - 1946	Brass	Brass	Brass
*Chappell, S. A.*	London	England	1862 - 1901	N/A	N/A	*Flutes*, Brass
*Clinton & Co.*	London	England	1855 - 1871	N/A	(Pass)	*Flutes*
Courtois, Auguste	Paris	France	1847 - 1862	Brass	Brass	(Pass)
Courtois, Denis Antoine fils	Paris	France	1844 - 1947	Brass	Brass	Brass
Courtois, neveu ainé	Paris	France	1803 – a1862	Brass	Brass	(Pass)
Couturier	Lyon	France	1812 – p1900	(Pass)	Brass	(Pass)
Darche	Paris	France	1830 - 1865	(Pass)	Brass	Brass
David, Louis	Paris	France	1836 - 1873	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Distin, Henry J.	London	England	1850 - 1868	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Dujariez, E. J. M.	Paris	France	1829 - 1855	(Pass)	Brass	(Pass)
Ehrenhoffer, Franz (listed in 1855 as “Herrnhoffer”)	Vienna	Austria	1853 - 1868	N/A	Brass	(Pass)
*Eisenbrandt, C. H.*	Baltimore	USA	1819 - 1949	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Felchlin, Charles*	Berne	Switzerland	1836 - 1855	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Fontina, Andrea* (aka *Fortini*)	Carrara	Italy	1851 - 1883	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Forni, Egidio*	Milan	Italy	p1847 - 1872	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Gautrot ainé*	Paris	France	1845 - 1884	*Flutes*, Brass	*Flutes*, Brass	*Flutes*, Brass
Gisborne, James	Birmingham	England	1839 - 1913	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Glier, Ferdinand & Sons	Klingenthal	Zollverein	mid c. 19	Brass	N/A	N/A
*Glier, Gottleib*	Markneukirchen	Zollverein	mid c. 19	*Flutes*	N/A	N/A
*Godefroy, Clair ainé*	Paris	France	1814 - 1888	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
Grandjon, Jules	Ivry-la-Bataille	France	a1855 - 1890	N/A	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)
Guichard, A. G.	Paris	France	1827 – p1855	(Pass)	Brass	(Pass)
Gyssens, Fr. Joseph	Paris	France	1845 – c1862	(Pass)	Woodwinds	(Pass)
Halary	Paris	France	1804 – p1873	(Pass)	Brass	(Pass)
Heckel, T. A.	Biebrich	Zollverein	1831 - p1950	Woodwinds	(Pass)	(Pass)
Hell, Ferdinand	Vienna	Austria	1841 - 1869	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Helwert, Jakob David	Stuttgart	Zollverein	1844 - 1866	Woodwinds	(Pass)	(Pass)
Henri & Martin	Paris	France	1855 - 1865	N/A	(Pass)	Brass
Herold, C. G.	Klingenthal	Zollverein	1793 - 1900	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Hertig, Johann	Berne	Switzerland	1846 - 1885	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Higham, Joseph	Manchester	England	1842 - 1950	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Houzé & Cie.	Paris	France	1848 – p1855	(Pass)	Brass	(Pass)
Hübscher, Christian	Stockholm	Sweden	1848 - 1864	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Husson-Buthod & Thibouville	Paris	France	1857 - 1862	N/A	N/A	Woodwinds, Brass
Jordan, James	Liverpool	England	1830 - 1852	Brass	N/A	N/A
Kandler, Daniel	Vienna	Austria	1854 - 1903	N/A	(Pass)	Brass
Klein, C.	Mainz	Zollverein	Mid c. 19	Woodwinds, Brass	N/A	N/A
Klemm, Georg & August	Markneukirchen	Zollverein	1851 - 1930	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Knechtel, Sebastian	Vienna	Austria	C1842 - 1873	(Pass)	Woodwinds	(Pass)
Köhler, John	London	England	1834 - 1863	Brass, Woodwinds	(Pass)	(Pass)
Kohlert, V. F.	Graslitz	Austria (at the time)	1840 - 1880	(Pass)	(Pass)	Woodwinds
Labbaye, J. C.	Paris	France	1841 - 1878	Brass	Brass	Brass
*Lamperhoff, J. & A.*	Essen	Zollverein	1844 - 1924	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Lausmann, Josef Wenzel*	Linz	Austria	1855 - 1880	N/A	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
Lecomte, Arséne Zoë	Paris	France	1859 - 1910	N/A	N/A	Brass
Losschmidt, Franz	Olmütz	Austria (at the time)	1852 – p1867	N/A	Woodwinds	(Pass)
*Lot, Louis*	Paris	France	1855 - 1950	N/A	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
Macfarlane, George	London	England	1845 - 1860	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
McPherson, J. & Sons	Montreal	Canada	Mid c. 19	Woodwinds, Brass	N/A	N/A
McNeill, John	Dublin	Ireland	1834 - p1950	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Mahillon, Charles	Brussels	Belgium	1836 - 1935	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass
*Martin fréres*	Paris	France	c1840 - 1927	Woodwinds	*Flutes*	(Pass)
Marzoli, Angelo G. P.	Paris	France	1855 - 1865	N/A	Woodwinds	Woodwinds
Meinl, Daniel	Vienna	Austria	1849 - 1873	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Metzler & Co.	London	England	1833 - 1936	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Michaud & Cie.	Paris	France	1833 - 1872	(Pass)	Brass	(Pass)
Mille, Auguste	Paris	France	1856 - 1898	N/A	N/A	Brass
Missenharter, Charles	Ulm Stuttgart	Zollverein	1856 – 1861 1861 - 1870	N/A	N/A	Brass
Müller, C. A.	Mainz	Zollverein	1827 - 1903	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Muller, Louis	Lyon	France	p1836 - 1867	Woodwinds, Brass	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)
*Nonon, Jaques*	Paris	France	1853 - 1867	N/A	*Flutes*	(Pass)
Oates, Joseph	Lichfield	England	mid c. 19	Brass	(Pass)	Brass
Obry	Amiens	France	mid c. 19	N/A	Wind Insts.	N/A
Osch, Edigus van	Maastricht	Holland	1849 - 1885	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Ottensteiner, Georg	Füssen Munich	Zollverein	1849 – 1851 1851 - 1879	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)
Pace & Sons	London	England	1830 - 1883	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Pask, John*	London	England	1840 - 1871	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
Paulus, Friedrich August	Braunschweig	Zollverein	1858 - 1871	N/A	N/A	Brass
Pélison	Paris	France	Mid c. 19 - 1931	N/A	N/A	Brass
Pelitti, Giuseppe Clemente	Milan	Italy	1828 - 1905	Brass	Brass	Brass
Pellerin, Charles Alexandre	Paris	France	mid c. 19	Brass	N/A	N/A
*Pfaff, Georg Michael*	Kaiserslautern	Zollverein	1851 - 1864	*Flutes,* Brass	Brass	(Pass)
*Pfaff, Johann* (most likely in association with Georg)	Philadelphia	USA	1843 - 1888	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
Piatet & Benoit	Lyon	France	1836 – p1855	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass	N/A
Piering, Theodor	Hamburg	Zollverein	Mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	Woodwinds, Brass
*Potter, Henry*	London	England	1841 - p1950	*Flutes*	(Pass)	*Flutes*
Riedl, Josef Felix	Vienna	Austria	1812 – 1862	Brass	Brass	(Pass)
Riedl, Johann	Budapest	Hungary	mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	Brass
Roeder, Charles	Vienna	Austria	mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	Woodwinds
*Roth, Charles* (entered as G. Roth – family member?)	Strasbourg	France	1844 - 1881	Woodwinds	*Flutes*	(Pass)
Rott, Augustin Heinrich	Prague	Austria (at the time)	1839 - 1868	Brass	Brass	Brass
Rott, Vincenz Josef	Prague	Austria (at the time)	1841 - p1854	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Rudall, Rose & Co.*	London	England	1821 - `1852	*Flutes*	N/A	N/A
*Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co*.	London	England	1852 - 1871	N/A	(Pass)	*Flutes*
Ruggiero, Cesare	Naples	Italy	1855 - 1914	N/A	N/A	Brass
Samson, George Robert	London	England	Mid c.19	N/A	N/A	Brass
Sax, Adolphe	Paris	France	1843 - 1894	Woodwinds, Brass	Woodwinds, Brass	Woodwinds, Brass
Sax, Alphonse	Brussels Paris	Belgium France	1845 – 1851 1851 - 1864	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Schamal, Wenzel	Prague	Austria (at the time)	1842 - 1879	(Pass)	(Pass)	Brass
Schultz, Leberecht Wilhelm	Meiningen	Zollverein	1835 –p1851	Brass	N/A	N/A
Schuster, Gebrüder	Markneukirchen	Zollverein	1854 - p1929	N/A	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass
Schuster, Ludwig	Markneukirchen	Zollverein	1851 - 1862	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Schuster, Michael junior.	Markneukirchen	Zollverein	1844 – p1851	Woodwinds, Brass	N/A	N/A
*Seidel, Josef Franz*	Mainz	Zollverein	1846 - 1869	*Flutes*	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass
*Selboe, Johan Christoffer*	Copenhagen	Denmark	1837 - 1873	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
Serpek, Josef	Vienna	Austria	Mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	Brass
Shaw, John	Glossop	England	a1851 - 1894	Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Siccama, Abel*	London	England	1848 - 1862	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Simpson, John*	London	England	c1826 - 1869	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
Skorra, Carl Eduard	Berlin	Zollverein	1838 – p1865	(Pass)	(Pass)	Woodwinds
Societé des Facteurs	Paris	France	1848 – p1855	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)
Sommer, F.	Jauer, Silesia	Zollverein	Mid c. 19	Brass	N/A	N/A
Sperk, J.	?	Austria	Mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	Brass
Stegmaier, Ferdinand	Ingolstadt	Zollverein	1852 - 1890	N/A	(Pass)	Brass
Stehle, Johann	Vienna	Austria	c1830 - 1876	Woodwinds	(Pass)	(Pass)
Stöhr, Franz Xavier	Prague	Austria (at the time)	1829 - 1876	Brass	Brass	(Pass)
Stöhr, Josef (son of above)	Prague	Austria (at the time)	c1860 - 1881	N/A	N/A	Brass
Stowasser, Ignaz	Vienna	Austria	1838 – a1914	(Pass)	Brass	Brass
Tamplini, Giuseppe (with Corneluis Ward	London	England	mid c. 19	Woodwinds	N/A	N/A
Theisz, S.	Hermannstadt	Austria	Mid c. 19	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)	(Pass)
Thibouville, Martin ainé	Paris	France	1848 – p1894	(Pass)	Woodwinds	Woodwinds
*Triebert, Frederic*	Paris	France	1810 – early c. 20	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Tulou, Jean-Louis*	Paris	France	1831 - 1859	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	N/A
*Uhlmann, Joseph*	Vienna	Austria	a1843 - 1859	*Flutes*	(Pass)	N/A
*Vinatieri, Fortunato*	Turin	Italy	a1861 - 1883	N/A	N/A	Brass, *Flutes*
Waddell, James	London	England	mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	Brass
Wahl, I. V.	Landskrona	Sweden	1818 - 1911	(Pass)	Woodwinds, Brass	(Pass)
*Ward, Cornelius* (with Giuseppe Tamplini)	London	England	1836 – c1870	*Flutes*	(Pass)	(Pass)
Widman, Josef Ignaz	Freiburg im Breisgau	Zollverein	1838 - 1863	Woodwinds	(Pass)	(Pass)
*Wilson, William*	London	England	mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	*Flutes*
*Witton* (probably exhibiting on behalf of *Jordan Wainwright*)	?	Australia	mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	*Flutes*
*Ziegler, Johann*	Vienna	Austria	1821 – p1895	*Flutes*	(Pass)	*Flutes*

Flute Exhibitors at the 1862 Exhibition.

We have dealt elsewhere with the flutes displayed at the 1851 Exhibition, which inaugurated this style of World Exposition. In 1851, 25 exhibitors are known to have displayed flutes. This was down to only 13 at Paris in 1855, largely due to the non-appearance of England and a very sparse effort from the Zollverein. In fact, the Paris event turned out to be more of a showcase for French makers than anything else, and the lack of any serious challenge from elsewhere makes the event of relatively little interest in the context of comparative flute studies. It also indicates a very marked lack of confidence on the part of the English and Zollverein makers regarding their ability to compete with the French on their home turf. This last point was clearly not lost on the French.

The London Exhibition of 1862 was over twice as large as that of 1851 in terms of overall exhibitor participation and was also considerably larger than the Paris event of 1855. In terms of wind instrument exhibitors, the English manufacturers had returned, along with the strongest showing yet from Austria and a partial recovery on the part of the Zollverein. And while French participation was considerably lower than it had been in Paris in 1855, it was still substantially higher than it had been in 1851. As a result of these factors, the overall number of wind instrument exhibitors (as opposed to those specifically exhibiting flutes) had essentially recovered to 1851 levels despite the previously-noted failure of almost half of the wind instrument exhibitors from 1851 to return in 1862. Their numbers had been made up for by the appearance of many new exhibitors, notably those from France and some from Austria.

However, given the fact that the overall scale of the 1862 Exhibition was far larger than that of 1851, with well over double the number of exhibitors, the recovery in the number of wind instrument exhibitors to 1851 levels was not in fact a recovery at all in proportional terms - in relation to the overall participation from all sectors, the 1862 event actually attracted proportionally far fewer wind instrument participants. Doubtless, if the USA had not been preoccupied with the Civil War at the time, they would have made a very strong showing and increased the numbers considerably. We will never know ……….

Furthermore, despite the recovery to 1851 numbers by the wind instrument sector , the 22 flute exhibitors still represented a lower number than had been present in 1851. In other words, the proportion of wind instrument exhibitors displaying flutes was slightly lower than it had been in 1851. Not only that, but a substantially higher proportion of those that did exhibit flutes appear to have viewed the flute as a sideline and to have been more focused on other instruments. See our accompanying page detailing the flute exhibits at the 1862 Exhibition for more details on this trend.

This observation is surely a reflection of two factors – one, that many of the competing designs which had so enlivened the 1852 event had fallen by the wayside by 1862; and two, that the flute had greatly fallen from public favour by 1862, a position from which it was not to recover for many decades. This had presumably led to a proportional decrease in the relative number of wind instrument manufacturers retaining a strong commercial interest in the flute – a higher proportion now appeared to be hedging their bets and concentrating on other instruments.

Only three of the 1851 flute exhibitors had ceased operations in 1862, so the reduction in the number of flutes displayed in 1862 is more a reflection of reduced willingness to participate than of the winding-up of the firms concerned. No less than 8 firms appeared for the first time as flute exhibitors in 1862, although two of these (Clinton & Co. and Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co.) were following directly in the footsteps of predecessor concerns which had exhibited in 1851. This was not sufficient to offset the substantial reduction in numbers caused by the failure of a significant proportion of the still-active firms who had displayed flutes in 1851 to return in 1862. These figures reflect the fortunes of an instrument which had fallen on hard times …………

The following table showing all of the confirmed flute exhibitors in 1862 gives an overview of the situation:

Maker	City	Country	Active	London 1851	Paris 1855	London 1862
*Albert, Eugene*	Brussels	Belgium	1842 - 1895	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Böhm, Theobald*	Munich	Zollverein	1828 - 1888	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Boosey & Co.*	London	England	1851 - 1930	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Breton, J. D.*	Paris	France	1844 - 1874	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Buffet, Auguste jeune*	Paris	France	1830 - 1885	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Buffet-Crampon*	Paris	France	1839 - 1950	(Pass)	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Card & Co.*	London	England	1825 - 1876	*Flutes*	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Chappell, S. A.*	London	England	1862 - 1901	N/A	N/A	*Flutes*
*Clinton & Co.*	London	England	1855 - 1871	N/A	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Forni, Egidio*	Milan	Italy	p1847 - 1872	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Gautrot ainé*	Paris	France	1845 - 1884	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Godefroy, Clair ainé*	Paris	France	1814 - 1888	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Lausmann, Josef Wenzel*	Linz	Austria	1855 - 1880	N/A	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Lot, Louis*	Paris	France	1855 - 1950	N/A	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Potter, Henry*	London	England	1841 - p1950	*Flutes*	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co*.	London	England	1852 - 1871	N/A	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Simpson, John*	London	England	c1826 - 1869	(Pass)	(Pass)	*Flutes*
*Triebert, Frederic*	Paris	France	1810 – early c. 20	*Flutes*	*Flutes*	*Flutes*
*Vinatieri, Fortunato*	Turin	Italy	a1861 - 1883	N/A	N/A	*Flutes*
*Wilson, William*	London	England	mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	*Flutes*
*Witton* (probably exhibiting on behalf of *Jordan Wainwright*)	?	Australia	mid c. 19	N/A	N/A	*Flutes*
*Ziegler, Johann*	Vienna	Austria	1821 – p1895	*Flutes*	(Pass)	*Flutes*

Of these 22 flute exhibitors from 1862, 8 had not been in a position to exhibit in 1851. Of the remaining 14, no less than 9 had also chosen to exhibit flutes back in 1851. All but four of the 1862 participants had been in a position to exhibit in Paris in 1855 if they had chosen to do so, but only 9 of the 18 exhibitors from 1862 who were also active in 1855 had chosen to display flutes in that year’s event. Only 6 had displayed flutes at all three Exhibitions, and one of these was Böhm. Apart from Böhm and the Austrian Lausmann, only the French exhibitors in the above table had exhibited flutes in 1855.

The flutes of the 1851 Exhibition, as well as those of the 1862 Exhibition, are detailed elsewhere.

Wind Instrument Exhibitors 1851 – 1862

Introduction

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