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Verne Q. Powell Flutes is incorporated and opens for business on Huntington Avenue in downtown Boston.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Powell completes his first all 14K Gold flute; soon piccolos and alto flutes are added to the catalog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The instruments are immediately recognized as the very best a flutist could play and endorsements flow in from flutists around the globe. By 1930 the brand has representation in the Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and New York Orchestras.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The first Powell Platinum flute is produced, #301. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Powell is asked to create a Platinum flute for the 1939 World\u2019s Fair Metallurgy Competition. The flute wins 1st prize and is immediately purchased by William Kincaid, principal flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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75 Silver Piccolo are produced to date for the war efforts of the US Military. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The first and only entire 14K White Gold flute is made, #900. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Powell sells his company to four managers, Ed Almeida, Elmer Waterhouse, Ed Machon, Richard Jerome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Powell Flutes is the first company to commercially produce Cooper Scale flutes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Powell Flutes is sold to two managers, Robert J. Viola and James Phelan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Steven Wasser becomes sole owner and President of Powell Flutes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The first Aurumite flute is made, a combination of gold and silver layers into one tube. The first flute of its kind to bridge the gap between the two traditional flute materials. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The 2100 Flute is launched. In celebration of the upcoming Millennium, an art deco key cup design is created. The 3100 Aurumite 9K flute is launched two years later. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Powell introduces the first Grenadilla Wood Flute. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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75th Anniversary is celebrated with the new Conservatory Flute, replacing the 2100 and 3100 series, and the first Sonar\u00e9 Flutes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Signature Flute is launched as well as the first 19.5K Rose Gold Flute. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Soloist headjoint style is created.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Venti headjoint style is created. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Powell patents a revolutionary new technology for drawing tone holes from Sterling Silver, Aurumite and Gold.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Pinless mechanism is added to the Conservatory line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NASA Astronaut Col. Cady Coleman takes her Powell flute on a mission on board the International Space Station. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The first Ruby Aurumite flute is made. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc. was purchased by Buffet Crampon, joining nine other brands of wind instruments to complete the largest group of wind instrument manufacturers in the world. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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