Boosey and Hawkes were manufacturers of woodwind instruments and publishers of music. Like other notable
london music firms (John Grey & Son, Rudall & Carte, Miller Browne) they, at one point or another, had
bagpipes made and branded under their own name. My research indicates that they maintain a factory and
museum at Edgeware, North London.
This particular bagpipe was picked up off the battlefield during
WWII and is currently under restoration. I am promised more pictures which will be posted here.
Boosey and Hawkes purchased what was left of the Henry Starck business around 1955 or 1956. They immediately
shut down the bagpipe making operation however continued with the flute making business.
We
know that Henry Starck was a flute maker prior to his partnership with William Ross. His flutes endure
today. He probably also made flutes that were private branded and I suspect he was the maker of bagpipes
branded by all three firms mentioned in the first paragraph.
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The pictures below are of another bagpipe stamped Boosey & Hawkes, London. The style is quite different
from the bagpipe pictured above which opens a new line of questions. Was the bagpipe below made by Starck?
If so, it is very different than whay we normally see in a Starck-made bagpipe.
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