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WHISTORY
Although little is known about the man, his whistles survive to this day, but rarely. Only one plural whistle has survived so far – see SPOTLIGHT #004
Where did he get his training ?? Did he actually manufacture both whistles? At this point it appears so. Another question is – was he associated with BGI or Union Hardware ??
Thanks to Tim and Vicki Fitzgerald, we gained permission to use their pictures of this whistle that sold for over 400 dollars.
Bridgeport, Connecticut proved to be a hotbed of whistle inventors and manufacturing. Steam, chime, escargots and single tube.
Charles S. Leet bullet 1881
Beardsley & A.D. Moulton 1893
Henry R Frisbie (steam ) two patents 1911
John A. Anderson ( chime ) 19
WHISTOLOGY
The trisection of the internal separation disc is novel. Beyond that the use of a stop hole to affect two chambers is unusual to say the least.
The stamping identifies it for police use and has the patent date.
The following patent was registered circa 1900 for what was described as hunting, cycling, police, especially for the later. Its design is remarkable internally. It is rather lightweight, but that should not be held against its rather unique design. Here is the original patent from Google patents.
Even the snake chain may be original.
Although this is a brief look at a single whistle, it is a very important whistle in USA history. Why so ?? There are few known whistle makers known from the USA. Hatch’s design for the plural followed Bent and Parkers design, but took is further with bisecting it and making even further improvements.
The long tapering mouthpiece is unique to Hatch as is the circumferential edge of the window, although bisected by the separation wall extending to the disc.
We hope to see others surface, but if not a wonderful whistle !!
TWG
Posted May 5, 2019
