Horn-u-copia Communicator 2026-03-13 10:05:02

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Kenton Nov 13, 2025
This is a Labbaye Bb Ophicleide

9 key
Kenton Nov 15, 2025
This is a Seltman Professional Cornet Serial#9015

Kenton Dec 3, 2025
This is a Rott C Cornet



With Echo Attachment
Kenton Dec 5, 2025
This is a Hileron Cornet



Bottom Sprung
Kenton Jan 14, 2026
This is a Vega Trombone Serial#73355



Bell marked VEGA and a star symbol Circa approx 1950
CDFhorn Jan 18, 2026
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qEzuqm669GZY4tr_eqrYLKEo89h_K7GI/view?usp=drive_link - B-1038 bell stamp [not in prior post]
Kenton Jan 18, 2026
Amati B-1038 Cornet from the 1980s
Kenton Jan 24, 2026
This is a Foote Bb Bugle



New York non regulation Officers Double Twist Bugle
Length: 10.25in
windshieldbug Jan 30, 2026
This is a Pepper Alto Horn Serial#27900

Imported
windshieldbug Feb 8, 2026
This is a Pepper Eb Cornet
CDFhorn Feb 8, 2026
This is a Krumphansl Trumpet

The model starts "Vit..." but isn't fully legible After Alois Krumphanzl, Jaroslav Krumphansl took over by the 1930s.
CDFhorn Feb 8, 2026
This is a Krumphansl Trombone; valve
CDFhorn Feb 8, 2026
This is a Krumphansl Bugle

Krumphansl bugle, with a wrap & orientation later appearing as Ligna/Amati-Kraslice
CDFhorn Feb 15, 2026
This is a Conn 23A Fluglehorn

Couesnon stencil imported 1970-72 cornet-shank mouthpiece Replaced by the 24A which was made by Willson


Rare Couesnon stencil imported after CCM bought Conn and discontinued the 20A in 1969; the 1971 catalog and pricelist show the 23A with the 1960s "Conn-Fluegel" Improved Precision cornet-shank mouthpiece, but it's not clear if the receiver/tuning pipe insert was modified. Everything else is very much Couesnon.
This was replaced by the 24A made by Willson starting somewhere around 1972-1974 [R serials were used that whole time, and later 24A examples don't have the R-prefix], and that appeared in the 1979 catalog.


By the 1983 pricelist, there are no flugelhorns. The Conn 25F eventually appeared in the late 1980s [in-house UMI stencil of the King 650 Diplomat], then the 85F CONNstellation [King 2020 Legend], then the Conn 1F Vintage One [Fred Powell design].

Thankfully the model numbers were still relatively consistent at the time [heck, that 25A/B Director kludge even existed from 1972-74]. Things got strange after 2000...

Catalog-background example for reference - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GKzNkAoD9BsWJLr7v0jwdAKYYJE3ijrU/view?usp=drive_link
windshieldbug Feb 23, 2026
This is a Bopp Cornet (c. 1918)

Bopp Munchen
Kenton Feb 23, 2026
This is a Rudall-Carte Webster Trumpet Serial#6754



CDFhorn Feb 23, 2026
That Rudall Carte Webster reminds me of a Perfected Conn-Queror cornet valve block, in a Belgian Charlier-style trumpet layout