Index in the front. Papers between p199 & 200 marked Besson & Co Ltd description of plant sent to Edgware Road factory are loose, rest of the inserts are attached. Includes correspondence with Boosey & Hawkes concerning the transfer of manufacture of Besson instruments to Edgware in 1948. One factor in the decision to transfer manufacture to Boosey & Hawkes was the imminent expiry of the lease of factory premises at Frederick Mews from Boosey & Hawkes (1954).
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