Boosey & Hawkes was formed in 1930 by the merger of Boosey & Co. and Hawkes & Son, and its instrument numbering continued the earlier sequences. Compiling.
The record makes room for uncertainty when a precise year is unavailable.
Factory and production era appear alongside the date when supported by a source.
See the source behind a match and what still needs to be confirmed.
Serial tables being compiled.
Open the serial lookup →Not yet — no public serial tables are connected for this maker, and the archive does not guess dates.
The exact spot varies by era and instrument type — the serial number guide walks through the common locations.
Recheck the characters exactly as marked, including any letters and leading zeros. Letter-prefixed numbers often belong to student or non-domestic lines that cannot be dated from the number. Some production periods may simply not be covered yet.