The B&M-made instruments were marketed under the York Master label by Carl Fischer until the very early 70's. The B&M factory was later acquired by Walter Nirschl (in 1991). They had a line of professional-grade instruments made in Europe, mainly (but not solely) by Boehm & Meinl. York Master: York Band Instrument Company was purchased in 1941 by Carl Fischer, who used the Grand Rapids factory only for student-line instruments after WWII (during the war, they made shell casings). The second instrument was sold to a school where it was later discovered and Jacobs acquired it. Donatelli sold it soon after to Jacobs, who was his student at Curtis. The instruments were first made at the request of Philip Donatelli, who was responding to a request from Leopold Stokowski, who was his conductor in the Philadelphia Orchestra, for a large, organ-like tuba. They made, in 1931, the instruments owned by Arnold Jacobs and now owned by the Chicago Symphony. York and Sons, York Band Instrument Company: Names for different periods of the same Grand Rapids factory. The history is well-stated in a variety of places, but here's a quick summary:
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