![]() Orders poured in and production increased so that by 1894 there were 17 workers employed and this increased to 60 workers ten years later.įrom 1890 to 1896 the Trade Department and the brass shop were located at 98/100/102 Clerkenwell Road, London. From the business point of view, the SA production of instruments was an instant success, especially after the General, in his Orders to Field Officers, required that all SA bands buy their instruments from the SA. The first complete instruments made in the SA shop were produced in 1893 and were proudly called 'Our Own Make'. These first instruments from the shop were made from parts, if not whole instruments, purchased from other makers. In 1890 the new edition of the Tune Book had a whole page of SA instruments available from the Trade Department. Albans Corps Band.Īfter the brass shop opened for repairs in 1889, it was natural that the Salvation Army should eventually become the maker of instruments as well. The apprentice, Jack Furness, later became head of the factory and also the bandmaster of the St. The shop began with two experienced brass workers and one 16 year-old apprentice. This was opened in 1889, under the supervision of the Trade department, in a basement room of the IHQ at 96 Southwark Street. Consequently, Commissioner John Carleton, of the Trade Department, suggested that the SA open a brass repair shop in London. By the late 1880s the SA had almost 400 bands which could use repair services. Starting around 1884 the Trade Department in London sold other makers' brass instruments, which were listed in the first SA Tune Book in 1884. A brass instrument shop seemed to be inevitable. In the 1880s and 1890s the Salvation Army, under the guidance of William Booth, started a number of shops in a variety of fields including match making, brush making, basket-making, carpentry, tin smith shop, tambourine making, wood carving, mattress making, bakery, chair making, sign writing, tailoring and others. ![]()
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