he played in several orchestras, including the philharmonic society, the queen’s hall orchestra and covent garden. he played a lot for henry wood in the proms. in orchestras he nearly always played fourth horn, so his nickname was “george iv”. in 1904 he became a founding member of the london symphony orchestra. the four horn players in that orchestra: adolf borsdorf, thomas busby, henri van der meerschen and a.e. brain, were often called “god’s own quartet” because they blended together so well.