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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 233143, member: 44&quot;]At the moment I can&#039;t tell you who made it; however, might have help on dating it, 1910-mid 1930s. The Oliver Ditson Company carried this name from 1888 to around 1931 to 1937 when the company was sold and the doors closed. Oliver Ditson aquired full interest in this retail music company that sold sheet music and musical instruments in 1842. He changed the name to Oliver Ditson. In 1856 the name was changed to Oliver Ditson &amp; Company. When he died in 1888 the company was reorganized and the name changed to Oliver Ditson Company. According to the following article from 1904 and 1910 the company labels listed Boston, New York and Philadelphia and from 1910 to the closing of the store the labels listed only Boston and New York because the Philadelphia store had closed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Labels which list all three Ditson outposts - Boston, New York, and Philadelphia - date from between 1904 and 1910. The Philadelphia branch was closed in 1910, so labels listing only Boston and New York and date from 1910 or later.</p><p>Scroll down the page to see different company labels. One like yours is pictured</p><p><a href="https://www.bostondrumbuilders.com/ditson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bostondrumbuilders.com/ditson" rel="nofollow">https://www.bostondrumbuilders.com/ditson</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites of the company history:</p><p><a href="http://imslp.org/wiki/Ditson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imslp.org/wiki/Ditson" rel="nofollow">http://imslp.org/wiki/Ditson</a></p><p>Scroll down a little for the company history:</p><p><a href="http://ditson-ukulele.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ditson-ukulele.com/" rel="nofollow">http://ditson-ukulele.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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