LaFleur, of course, did not make instruments but only imported them, certainly from France and Belgium. LaFleur and Son operated at 15, Green Street, Leicester Square (now Irving Street) from 1862-1911, but I suspect it was primarily the son, borrowing his father's good name. (Joseph Rene) LaFleur (1812-74) was a much-respected violin bow maker in Paris who established a partnership with Jules Prudence Riviere of London, and in 1857 they published a band-related journal, "Alliance Musicale," under the short-lived "Reviere and LaFleur." Reviere then went into business with William Hawkes (of B & H) in 1876, at 28, Leicester Square, until 1889, when son Oliver Hawkes came into the business. It gives some interesting information, but no answers as to who actually made your soprano! See below, an extract (straight copy and paste, so the first person references are to the author, not me) from a post from a clarinet site.
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