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John Parduba

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1925--. After his double cup mouthpieces became popular, John Parduba discontinued making trumpets.

• 1892 John D. Parduba (1870-1946) emigrates to US from
  Austria; he was born in Kromeriz (from 1900 census; other
  census records say 1894 and 1898)
  
  


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  1900 living at #219 E. 10th St., Manhattan, instrument maker,
  son William is newborn in June (census)
  


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  1901 granted patent #673,027 for a keyed zither
  


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  1905 son John Jr. (1905-1997) is born in the Bronx in January
  


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  1908-1910 John is president of the Euterpean Pianola Co., #309
  Broadway, NY & #219 E. 69th St. (city directories)
  


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  1909 granted patent #895,107 for a keyed instrument; he is
  listed as an Austrian citizen living in the Bronx
  


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  1910 living at #596 St. Ann’s Ave., Bronx; musical instrument
  manufacturer (census)
  


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  1915 John is said to have started making custom mouthpieces
  (Klinefelter, 2014); home at #596 St. Ann’s (Polks)
  


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  1916 granted patent #1,197,058 for a disk key change valve
  


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  1918 John is said to have opened his original shop at 3rd Ave.
  and 87th Street in New York making trumpets, cornets, and
  mouthpieces
  


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  1919 son William dies at age 17; John leases a loft at #1545 3rd
  Ave., NY
  


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  1920 John Parduba, musical instruments, #1545 3rd Ave.
  


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  1929-1940 Harry Glanz (1896-1982) is said to have used a
  Parduba trumpet at this time (Klinefelter, 2014)
  


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  1930 still at #506 St. Ann’s Ave., John & John Jr. are both listed
  as musical instrument mechanics
  c.1932 moves shop to #140 W. 49th St., NY
  


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  1935 granted patent #2,018,738 for double-cup mouthpiece
  design filed in December, 1933
  


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  1940 living at #2410 Davidson Ave., Bronx; same house in 1935;
  both Johns listed as musical instrument repairers
  (census); business listing at #140 W. 49th St., John
  Parduba & Son
  


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  1946 John Parduba & Son, #140 W. 49th St. (telephone book)
  


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  1997 John Parduba Jr. dies in Blauvelt, NY
  


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  c.2002 Parduba mouthpieces now made by A&G Music in
  Oakland, CA; Dick Akright
  


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  2017 Parduba mouthpieces are made in Arizona, a division of
  Conn-Selmer
  

Most examples of Parduba’s work are his mouthpieces patented
in 1935. Originals are said to have hand-stamped lettering
while those made after the name was sold are machine
stamped.




Trumpets are labeled with ‘J. Parduba, New York’ so would
probably pre-date the ‘Parduba & Son’ era which may
have started in the 1920s. The earliest trumpet has serial
#5237 (photo 3, page 1) and has ‘Patent July, 1910’ which
probably refers to the pitch change loop patented by York.
Trumpet models are ‘Inspiration Extra Special’ (#7564,
photo 5) and ‘Supratone Extra Special’ (#48,884, photo 3
this page). They all share the same basic design with
forward 2nd valve slide, single tuning slide brace, and 1st
slide finger ring. Used Supratone as a tradename.

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