The musical instrument maker said Tuesday that 247, 000-square-foot, 16-story office building is home to its flagship retail showroom.

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Perkin-Elmer, for years an also-ran instrument maker, last month raised its visibility (and market cap) by forming a spinout company to generate genomic information.

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The private genome project is being undertaken by Celera, a company based in Rockville, Maryland, that is owned by Perkin Elmer, a scientific-instrument maker.

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One such firm, Joyce-Loebl, a defence and vehicle instrument-maker, has spun off 45 new firms in half a century.

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Provenance and rarity also explain Sotheby's high estimates for the ten scientific instruments in the sale, such as a 21-inch brass telescope made circa 1800 by Jesse Ramsden , instrument-maker to King George III.

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Alternatively they could go to someone like Mr Zygmuntowicz, Mr Greiner or another well-established modern violin-maker and get a beautifully hand-crafted instrument specially made for them at a price they can afford.

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Slow down and look around: when rays of sunlight through the palm-frond roof illuminate a lute maker at work, you have found the Instrument-makers' Souq (Souq Kimakhine), and if you glimpse sparks flying as old bicycle parts are re-fashioned into lanterns, Blacksmiths' Souq (Souq Haddadine) has found you.

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Neil van Schalkwyk of Masincedane Sport - a vuvuzela-maker - says his firm has now produced an instrument that is 20 decibels lower than the older version.

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