The firm employed 208 workers (over 40% of the brass instrument workforce in Paris). The company of over 200 employees claimed to be the most important manufacturer of musical instruments in Europe. Gautrot was involved in the 1845 litigation against Adolphe Sax. He had been already working for Guichard as his associate beginning in 1835. Pierre Louis Gautrot (Mirecourt 1882) became proprietor of GUICHARD. I wish I could attribute it to the source I found it from, but can't give the reference: The company still exists, but very different from the manufacturer it used to be - Īnd now the bit you can ignore if you like. The stylised initials in your engraving are likely to be GT - Gautrot- Triebert This is the number in the circle at the bottom of the engraving of the bell.
The number in the 'Grenade' often referred to as the pineapple is generally thought to be the year of manufacture.
