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| Serial # | Maker/Import | Towns | Model | Dates | Instrument | Comments | ||
| Open first retail instrument store 1877 in Phili | ||||||||
| Established outlet in NY in 1880 | ||||||||
| Henry Distin joined the company 1882-6 | ||||||||
| 1129 | P,NY | 1882-6 | Valve Trombone | Henry Distin Importer for J.W. Pepper | ||||
| 1210 | Distin Maker | P,NY | Superior | 1882-6 | Cornet | Henry Distin Maker for J.W. Pepper | ||
| 1216 | Maker | P | Mellophone/Ballad Horn | HIGHEST AWARD AND DIPLOMA WORLD'S FAIR COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1893 | ||||
| 1485 | Distin Maker | P,NY | Superior | 182-6 | Cornet | Henry Distin Maker for J.W. Pepper | ||
| 2233 | Import | P,NY | Cornet | Henry Distin Importer for J.W. Pepper | ||||
| 2256 | Import | P,NY | Eb Cornet | Henry Distin Importer for J.W. Pepper | ||||
| 2288 | Import | P,NY | Helicon | Henry Distin Importer for J.W. Pepper | ||||
| 2307 | Maker | P,NY | Cornet | |||||
| 2566 | Maker | P,NY | Eb Cornet | |||||
| 2771 | ? | Maker | P,NY | Cornet | ||||
| 2814 | Maker | P, NY | Bb Cornet | |||||
| 2845 | Maker | P, NY | Bb Cornet | |||||
| 2850 | M | P, NY | Tuba | |||||
| 2881 | Maker | P, NY | Bb Cornet | |||||
| 3329 | M | P,NY | Superior | Cornet | Henry Distin maker for | |||
| 3413 | M | P,NY | Cornet | (3's may be 8's) | ||||
| 3997 | ? | P | Perfected | Baritone | ||||
| 4145 | Maker | P,NY | Bb Cornet | |||||
| 4477 | ? | Maker | P,NY | Bb Cornet | ||||
| 5038 | I | P, NY | Baritone | |||||
| Established outlet in Chicago in 1886 | ||||||||
| 5083 | M | P, C | Superior First Class | Cornet | ||||
| 5193 | I | P, NY | Eb Cornet | |||||
| 5284 | I | P, NY | Cornet | |||||
| 5386 | I | P, NY | Eb Cornet | |||||
| 5389 | ? | I | P, NY | Cornet | ||||
| 5480 | M | P, C | Superior First Class | Baritone in high C | ||||
| 5824 | M | P, C | Alto Valve Trombone | |||||
| 6111 | M | P, C | Superior First Class | Cornet | ||||
| 6626 | M | P, C | Cornet | |||||
| 6700 | I | P, NY | Tuba | |||||
| 6836 | P, C | Superior First Class | Alto | |||||
| 6959 | 1880-6 | Bass Trombone | ||||||
| 7106 | M | P, C | Eb Cornet | |||||
| 7227 | M | P, C, NY | Superior First Class | Cornet | ||||
| 7345 | M | P, C | Superior First Class | Cornet | ||||
| 7730 | M | P, C | Superior First Class | Euphonium | ||||
| 7760 | M | P, C | Superior First Class | Eb Tuba | ||||
| 7789 | I | P, NY | Cornet | |||||
| 78x9 | M | P, C | Eb Cornet | |||||
| 8205 | ? | M | P, C | Premier | Alto horn | Highest Medal & Diploma Chicago 1893 | ||
| 8235 | I | P, C | Alto horn | |||||
| 8388 | M | P, C | Superior First Class | Cornet | ||||
| 8452 | M | P, C | Premier | Cornet | Highest Medal & Diploma | |||
| 8731 | M | P, C | Premier | Tuba | ||||
| 8752 | I | P, C | Trombone | |||||
| 8800 | M | P, C | Premier | 1893 | Raincatcher | made for Sousa | ||
| 8831 | ? | I | P, C | F. Courtierre | Helicon | |||
| 8869 | M | P, C | Premier | Tuba | HIGHEST MEDAL & DIPLOMA CHICAGO 1893 | |||
| 8947 | M | P, C | Premier | Cornet | HIGHEST MEDAL & DIPLOMA CHICAGO 1893 | |||
| 8974 | M | P, C | Premier | Cornet | ||||
| 9038 | M | P, C | Premier | After 1893 | Trombone | |||
| 9110 | M | P, C | Premier | Cornet | Highest Medal & Diploma | |||
| 9127 | I | P, C | Premier | Baritone | ||||
| 9289 | M | P | Premier | Cornet | Highest Medal & Diploma | |||
| 9293 | ? | Premier | Tuba | Highest Medal & Diploma Chicago 1893 | ||||
| 9427 | ? | Baritone | ||||||
| 9431 | I | P,C | Cornet | |||||
| 9456 | M | P | Premier | Cornet | Highest Medal & Diploma Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 | |||
| 9577 | ? | Premier | 1893-1911 | Tuba | ||||
| 9641 | ? | I | P,C | Trombone | ||||
| 9723 | I | P,C | Tenor Horn | |||||
| 9741 | ? | M | P,C | Artist Solo | Cornet | Highest Award and Diploma Worlds fair Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 | ||
| 9903 | M | C | Premier | Cornet | Highest Award and Diploma Worlds fair Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 | |||
| 9998 | M | P | Premier | Tuba | Highest Award and Diploma Worlds fair Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 | |||
| 10170 | M | P | Specialty | Cornet | Highest Award and Diploma Worlds fair Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 | |||
| 10188 | M | P | Specialty | Cornet | Highest Award and Diploma Worlds fair Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 | |||
| 10345 | M | P | Pemier | Alto horn | ||||
| 10407 | ? | Cornet | ||||||
| 10987 | I | P, C | Helicon | |||||
| 10992 | ? | P | Premier | Valve Trombone | Highest Award Diploma Worlds fair Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 | |||
| 11013 | ? | I | P, C | Valve Trombone | French? | |||
| 11050 | P | Premier | After 1893 | Cornet | ||||
| 11054 | ? | P | Premier | (After 1893) | Mellophone | Highest Award Diploma, Worlds Fair Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 | ||
| 11441 | P | Premier | (After 1893) | Mellophone | Highest Award Diploma, Worlds Fair Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893, & Son | |||
| 11504 | P | Specialty | Trombone | Highest Award Diploma, Worlds Fair Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893, & Son | ||||
| 11523 | I | P,C | Alto | |||||
| 11819 | I | P,C | Pocket Cornet | |||||
| 12031 | I | P,C | Cornet | |||||
| 12530 | I | P,C | Cornet | |||||
| 15409 | I | P,C | Cornet | |||||
| 15589 | I | P,C | Cornet | |||||
| 15730 | I | P,C | Baritone | |||||
| 15767 | I | P,C | Cornet | |||||
| 17088 | M | P | Specialty | (After 1893) | Trombone | Specialty J.W Pepper Maker Philadelphia Highest Award Diploma Worlds Fair Columbia Exposition Chicago 1893 | ||
| 17102 | I | P | Cornet | |||||
| 17152 | ? | I | P | Cornet | ||||
| 17866 | I | P | (After 1893) | Alto? Valve Trombone | ||||
| 18317 | I | P | Valve Trombone | |||||
| 18925 | I | P | Cornet | |||||
| 19212 | I | P | Cornet | |||||
| 19608 | I | P | Cornet | |||||
| 20143 | I | P, C | Cornet | |||||
| 20290 | I | P | Valve Trombone | |||||
| 21528 | I | P,C | Eb Cornet | |||||
| 21599 | I | P | Valve Trombone | |||||
| 21791 | I | P,C | 1905 | French Horn | Piston with 4 crooks | |||
| 21793 | I | P,C | Valve Trombone | |||||
| 21986 | I | P | Alto horn | |||||
| 22972 | ? | I | P,C | 1905 | Cornet | |||
| 23388 | I | P | Alto horn | |||||
| 23615 | ? | I | P, C | Cornet | ||||
| 23781 | ? | I | P, C | Cornet | ||||
| 23490 | ? | I | Cornet | |||||
| 23968 | ? | I | Trombone | |||||
| 24046 | I | P, C | Cornet | |||||
| 24559 | I | P, C | Baritone | |||||
| 24589 | ? | I | P,C | Trombone | ||||
| 24668 | ? | I | P | Cornet | W. Hillyard. London | |||
| 25616 | I | P | 1899 | Cornet | of French origin, doc. Fisk Museum | |||
| 25623 | I | P, C | Trombone | |||||
| 26220 | I | P | Cornet | |||||
| 26335 | ? | I | P | Eb Tuba | ||||
| 26391 | I | P | Trumpet | |||||
| 26653 | I | P | Alto Horn | |||||
| 28105 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 28461 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 28543 | ? | P | Perfected | Cornet | ||||
| 28592 | P | American Favorite | Trombone | |||||
| 28595 | ? | P | Surprise | Trombone | ||||
| 28728 | P | Victor | Alto | |||||
| 28817 | P | Perfected | 1900 | Valve Trombone | ||||
| 29415 | I | P | Eb Tuba | |||||
| 29631 | P | Standard | Trombone | |||||
| 29848 | P | Surpise | Cornet | |||||
| 29886 | P | Surpise | Cornet/Trumpet | |||||
| 29900 | I | P | J COURTIERE PARIS | Helicon | ||||
| 30686 | P | Victor | Alto horn | |||||
| 30790 | P | Standard | Tuba | |||||
| 30903 | P | Standard | Tuba | |||||
| 31096 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 31148 | P | Perfected | Cornet | |||||
| 31278 | P | Standard | Eb Cornet | |||||
| 31323 | P | Standard | Valve Trombone | |||||
| 31343 | P | 20th Century | Cornet | |||||
| 31401 | P | Perfected | Eb Tuba | |||||
| 31726 | ? | P | Surprise | 1894-1902 | Cornet | |||
| 31844 | P | 20th Century | Cornet | |||||
| 32702? (3x7x2) | P | Surprise | Trombone | |||||
| 32737 | P | Standard | Valve Trombone | |||||
| 33281 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 33702 | P | Surprise | Trombone | |||||
| 33927 | P | Standard | Cornet | |||||
| 34958 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 35903 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 37229 | P | Standard | Cornet | |||||
| 37934 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 38089 | P | Standard | Mellophone | |||||
| 38448 | P | Surprise | Trombone | |||||
| 39685 | ? | P | Standard | Alto Horn | ||||
| 40887 | Favorite | 1905 | Trombone | |||||
| 41168 | ? | P | Standard | Alto | ||||
| 41225 | P | 20th Century | Trombone | |||||
| 42073 | ? | P | American Favorite | Mellophone | ||||
| 42076 | P | American Favorite | Alto Valve Trombone | |||||
| 42616 | P | Suprise | Valve Trombone | |||||
| 42842 | P | American Favorite | Cornet | |||||
| 42854 | P | Perfected | Cornet | |||||
| 42939 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 43046 | P | 20th Century | Cornet | |||||
| 43257 | I | P | Trombone | |||||
| 43469 | I | P | Baritone | |||||
| 43817 | P | American Favorite | Cornet | |||||
| 44848 | P | Standard | Cornet | |||||
| 44852 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 44992 | P | Perfected | Cornet | |||||
| 45721 | P | Standard | Trombone | |||||
| 45853 | P | Standard | Cornet | |||||
| 45892 | Surprise | 1890 | Cornet | Double water key | ||||
| 45937 | Perfected | Trombone | ||||||
| 46360 | I | P | Trombone | |||||
| 46431 | ? | Surprise | Trombone | |||||
| 47843 | I | Baritone | W. Hillyard, London | |||||
| 48000 | xx | P | 20th C | Cornet | ||||
| 48422 | P | Standard | Alto Horn | |||||
| 48478 | P | Surprise | Trumpet | |||||
| 48720 | ? | Perfected | Baritone | |||||
| 49278 | I | P | Cornet | |||||
| 49551 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 49616 | P | 1907 | Cornet | doc. Fis Museum | ||||
| 50203 | P | Standard | Cornet | |||||
| 50277 | P | American Favorite | Bb Cornet | |||||
| 50303 | P | American Favorite | Cornet | |||||
| 50524 | P | Surprise | Cornet | |||||
| 51300 | ? | Favorite | 1890s | Cornet | ||||
| 51344 | P | American Favorite | Bb Cornet | |||||
| 51417 | P | Surprise | Bb Cornet | |||||
| 52105 | Surprise | Trombone | ||||||
| Established Pepper & Son in 1910 | Ended Manufacturing | |||||||
| 53192 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 53365 | ? | I | P | Mellophone | & Son | |||
| 53974 | I | P | Baritone | & Son W Hillyard | ||||
| 55295 | I | P | Surprise | Tenor horn | & Son W Hillyard | |||
| 55448 | P | 20th Century | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 55454 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 56129 | P | Standard | Baritone | & Son | ||||
| 56141 | ? | Trombone | & Son | |||||
| 56381 | P | Standard | Eb Tuba | & Son | ||||
| 57090 | I | P | Alto Horn | & Son, Casing Austria | ||||
| 57735 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 58936 | P | Perfected | Double Bell Euphonium | & Son | ||||
| 58644 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 58713 | P | Surprise | Trombone | & Son France | ||||
| 58731 | P | American Favorite | Cornet | & Son France | ||||
| 58810 | ? | P | Perfected | 1918 | Cornet | & Son | ||
| 58001 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 58141 | ? | P | Surprise | Altohorn | & Son | |||
| 59033 | ? | I | W. Hilliard | Solo Alto | & Son | |||
| 59125 | P | Surprise | Trumpet | Austria | ||||
| 59358 | ? | P | Perfected | Cornet | & Son | |||
| 59417 | P | Perfected | Trombone | & Son | ||||
| 59444 | I | P | Courtiere | Cormet | & Son | |||
| 59516 | I | P | Helicon | & Son | ||||
| 59555 | P | Standard | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 59623 | P | Imperial | Mellophone | & Son | ||||
| 60287 | P | Perfected | Valve Trombone | & Son | ||||
| 60409 | P | Standard | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 60596 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 60696 | P | Standard | Baritone | & Son | ||||
| 61018 | 20th C | Cornet | ||||||
| 61520 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 62098 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 62295 | P | American Favorite | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 62496 | I | P | Alto Hron | & Son | ||||
| 62516 | P | Standard | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 63000 | ? | 20th C | Cornet | |||||
| 63058 | P | American Favorite | Mellophone | & Son | ||||
| 63101 | P | Perfected | valve trombone | & Son | ||||
| 63135 | P | Standard | Eb Tuba | & Son | ||||
| 63405 | Standard | Valve Trombone | & Son | |||||
| 63406 | Standard | Valve Trombone | & Son | |||||
| 63628 | Standard | Trombone | & Son France | |||||
| 64254 | P | Perfected | Euphonium | & Son | ||||
| 64256? | P | Standard | Cornet | |||||
| 64261 | ? | Cornet | ||||||
| 64424 | P | Standard | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 64617 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 64726 | ? | P | Surprise | Trumpet | & Son, Austria | |||
| 65234 | ? | P | Premier | Cornet | & Son | |||
| 35255 [65255!] | ? | P | Perfected | 1900 | Baritone | & Son | ||
| 65165 | P | Standard | Tenor Horn | & Son | ||||
| 65511 | ? | Helicon | ||||||
| 65644 | P | Standard | Baritone | & Son | ||||
| 65814 | P | Premier | Trombone | & Son | ||||
| 65785 | P | Perfected | Tuba Eb | & Son | ||||
| 66285 | P | Standard | Trombone | & Son | ||||
| 66464 | ? | P | Standard | Cornet | & Son | |||
| 66530 | P | Standard | Eb Tuba | & Son | ||||
| 66590 | ? | P | Perfected | Valve Trombone | & Son | |||
| 67291 | P | Perfected | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 67593 | P | Perfected | Eb Tuba | & Son | ||||
| 67662 | P | Perfected | trombone | & Son | ||||
| 68594 | P | Perfected | Helicon | & Son | ||||
| 68666 | P | Perfected | Alto Horn | & Son | ||||
| 69235 | P | Perfected | Tuba | & Son | ||||
| 69262 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 69366 | P | Perfected | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 69828 | P | Surprise | Cornet | & Son | ||||
| 69852 | I | P | Surprise | Baritone | & Son | |||
| 69931 | ? | P | Perfected | Solo Alto Horn | & Son | |||
| 70000 | ? | Premier | Trombone | |||||
| 70124 | P | American Favorite | 1919 | Cornet | & Son | |||
| 70277 | P | Surprise | 1919 | Cornet | & Son | |||
| 70419 | P | American Favorite | Trumpet | & Son | ||||
| 80511 | P | Perfected | Eb tuba | & Son | ||||
| 86263 | Surprise | Trombone |