| ID |
Instrument |
Maker |
Model |
Serial# |
Manuf. Date |
Key/Pitch |
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| 11742 |
Tuba |
Kaempf |
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Eb |
 |
| Unusual leadpipe and tuning slide layout
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| 11466 |
Tuba |
Kaempf |
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CC |
 |
| 4 Rotors set at 45 degree angle valve slides on back of instrument
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| 11420 |
Tuba |
Kaempf |
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| Made by R.A. Kaempf | New York
4 Valve
Eb/F?
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| 11247 |
French Horn |
Kaempf |
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c1885-1902 |
|
 |
| bell reads "R A Kaempf Bowery NY" where he was located from 1885 until 1902 at #297 Bowery
Photos from internet auction
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| 11246 |
Cornet |
Kaempf |
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2331 |
c1905 |
Bb |
 |
| bell reads "Made By R A Kaempf & Son New York" so dates to after the father died in 1904 and before the company was sold in 1911
the serial number is hard to read but looks like 2331
Photos from internet auction
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| 7729 |
Trombone |
Kaempf |
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| 6922 |
Tuba |
Kaempf |
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Eb |
 |
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| 5715 |
Cornet |
Kaempf |
Special |
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| Length 14in
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| 4894 |
Baritone |
Kaempf |
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| 4585 |
Trombone |
Kaempf |
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| 1541 |
Trombone; Bass |
Kaempf |
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pre 1886 |
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| Engraved MADE BY R A KAEMPF 227 BOWERY NY
RA Kaempf was established in New York in 1878. As RA Kaempf & Son between 1886 and 1911. RA died in 1904 and was succeeded by his son, Albert. Company sold to CE Ridgely in 1911, and Albert briefly worked for Keefer until his death in 1917.
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