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Musical Masterpiece Society was a daughter of Concert Hall. Just as Concert Hall, Musical Masterpiece Society worked with a subscription for post-order, but with Musical Masterpiece Society one didn't need to purchase a fixed amount of discs. Originally the label by the Josefowitz brothers was called [l=Musical Masterworks Society], but because the word "Masterwork" was already used since the 1930's by [l=Columbia], the name needed to be changed to "Musical Masterpiece Society". Records from Concert Hall, MMS and their various sub-labels were pressed by various pressing plants and then distributed all across the US, Canada and Europe. Some plants can be identified by 1 or 2 letters on the labels: AH = [l=Artone Holland] P = [l=Philips Phonografische Industrie] or [l=Phonodisc B.V.] PE = [l=Philips Records Ltd.] (Philips England) TU = [l=Turicaphon AG] D, M = unknown Some other plants can only be detected in the runouts: ARC = [l=Allentown Record Co. Inc.] I = [l=RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis] M1, M3, M6 = [l=Pathé Marconi, Chatou] R = [l=RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway] TU = [l=Turicaphon AG] Codes such as "F8OL-4513" or "E 3 K U 5586" on the labels and/or runouts would mean a mastering by an RCA Victor studio (see [url=https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/694503]here[/url] for complete reference). Codes such as "EB-xxxx" (e.g. EB-2287) or "GB-xxx" (e.g. GB-288) on the labels and/or runouts would mean a manufacturing by [l=Capitol Custom].