| ID |
Instrument |
Maker |
Model |
Serial# |
Manuf. Date |
Key/Pitch |
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| 11328 |
Cornet |
Whittle |
Zenith |
P51111 |
1926 |
Bb |
 |
| Pan American stencil
|
| 10537 |
Sousaphone |
Holton |
130 Mammoth |
|
1926 |
BBb |
 |
| Gold plated bell face
|
| 10442 |
Trumpet |
Holton |
|
|
1926 |
|
 |
|
|
| 9608 |
Baritone; DB |
Conn |
74I |
233661 |
1926 |
|
 |
| .506 Bore
Bells: 6.25/10 in
Height: 28.5in
|
| 9479 |
Trumpet |
Conn |
14B |
|
1926 |
C |
 |
|
|
| 9313 |
Helicon |
Couesnon |
|
|
1926 |
|
 |
|
|
| 9025 |
Sousaphone |
Boosey |
Imperial |
126232 |
1926 |
|
 |
|
|
| 7634 |
Tuba |
Buescher |
|
207220 |
1926 |
Eb |
 |
|
|
| 5546 |
Trumpet |
Holton |
Revelation Jazz Hound |
87xxx |
1926 |
|
 |
|
Bell: 3 15/16in
Bore: 425
|
| 4804 |
Sousaphone |
Keefer |
|
13501 |
1926 |
BBb |
 |
|
|
| 4764 |
Cornet |
Pan American |
|
P50456 |
1926 |
Bb |
 |
| You can only read American in this bell photo but the serial number, style, and Elkhart origin should make this Pan American.
|
| 4213 |
Trumpet |
Boosey-Hawkes |
|
129450 |
1926 |
|
 |
| mdb: If Boosey & Hawkes merged in 1930 in London of (Thomas) Boosey & Co (founded 1816) and (William) Hawkes & Son (founded 1865), how is it that I possess a "Boosey & Hawkes" stamped Imperial Class A which predates the conception of the Boosey & Hawkes company? If my information is wrong, please inform me of the correct history, but I am not sure how this is possible unless the trumpet was manufactured and stamped with the serial number 129450 (year: 1927) and then later engraved and sold in 1930 after the two companies merged. That seems far fetched, but the serial number indicating the manufacture date does not align with the history of the company.
Pryorphone: I do not know British intruments that well, but it seems logical that the companies had some dealings together before they merged.
I have looked at some of the low brass sites to confirm that Imperial WAS a B&H trademark, and that it was used on their first line instruments.
krax: I am by no means any expert but the general appearence of this trumpet, well 1927 does not feel right. It looks younger! And it is a little french styled, the pinky ring and the braces seem to be Selmer influenced and I believe that copying Selmer looks became interesting after Louis Armstrong started playing Selmer. I have not seen any pinky ring like this one on any other B&H I have seen on the net, not on older ones nor younger ones.
Suppose the serial number is wrong, that it should be 229450 instead of 129450, that the engraver did wrong. 229450 puts it at 1959 and by looks on your pictures that feels more right.
And yes, you can take that it was a pro model. Actually, since there seem to be very few of them around, maybe the Imperial trumpets were some kind of custom made instruments? Since B&H focused on the brass band market and trumpets and british brass band are polars maybe they did not have any real trumpet mass production first line before the Sessionair (which came in the beginning of the sixties I believe), just made those Imperials on demand? I just have not heard of any Imperial trumpet line, that is why make this speculation.
mdb: I have now found out that it was purchased from a professional jazz player just over 21 years ago (he was 71 years old at the time of sale) and that he played in places such as San Fransisco, LA, New Orleans, and Las Vegas. Apparently, the majority of his playing was in Las Vegas and he did a lot of solo work aside from the bands he played in. We cannot remember his name, but my father is going to try and locate a name and see what else he can dig up on the guy. Sometimes a history to go with the instrument can make it worth more to a collector. He could have been anybody and played with anyone.
I received a reply back from Horniman Public Museum & Public Park Trust in London very early this morning and this is what he had to say...
The serial number is not for the instrument itself but for the valves. Valves were constructed as a separate process to the assembly of the actual instrument, often in large numbers. The 16, 17 and 18 stamped on the valves of your instrument indicate they were part of a batch of 24 or possibly 48. The instrument itself should have a serial number, perhaps as part of the bell engraving. The date given for the valves in the records is 18th November 1946, and the instrument was probably made soon after this. The record for the valves also says they are for an Imperial trumpet in low pitch (ie A=440), model No. 4, Class B4015. And the workmans name was Makepeace. If you can find a serial number for the instrument itself, we will probably have a separate record for it with similarly detailed information.
I found another serial number 168089 which puts the trumpet in the 1946-47 era and coincides with the date of the valves.
The trumpet was ordered from the Edgware factory by the Regent Street head office on 25th August 1947 as one of a batch of 12. The serial number of the valves is recorded (as stated earlier). The instrument is described as a Bb trumpet F.V.A. [?] LP [low pitch] Lacquered model B4015. The instrument was completed on the 11th December 1947. The maker’s name was Sheridan. It is a Line Production (?).
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| 3943 |
Tuba |
LaFleur |
|
125926 |
1926 |
Eb |
 |
| BORE: .640
BELL: 14in
HEIGHT: 32in
|
| 3637 |
Trombone |
Conn |
82H |
|
1926 |
|
 |
| New York Symphony Trombone, which was produced from 1924 to 1927.
Bell 8in
Bore: .522
in slide tuning
|
| 3595 |
Trumpet |
Conn |
|
172028 |
1926 |
|
 |
| French style. bore .458
|
| 3329 |
Sousaphone |
Boosey |
Imperial |
127285 |
1926 |
BBb |
 |
| BBb
Engraved: Imperial Model | Solbrun | Class A | Compensating Pistons | Boosey & Co Ltd | Makers London | 127286 | British Throughout IR
Made by Fairchild.Polisher, D. Hawes; grinder, Bartlett;plating, Simmons.BB-flat Imperl. 3VI.P.
Given out 22 Sept 1926; received 23 Nov 1926; given to polisher 17 Nov 1926; to grinder 23 Nov 1926; plating 30 Jun 1927; charged to Regent Street 30 Nov 1926.Paid Fairchild for batch of 1, 56 hrs @ 1/11 1/2d = #5/9/8 charged to Regent Street.
|
| 3159 |
Euphonium; DB |
Holton |
|
91432 |
1926 |
|
 |
| This model was used in the Herbert L. Clarke of Long Beach Band in California, and in the Arthur Pryor Band in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
bore: .575 and in the 4th valve section .590.
|
| 2965 |
Euphonium |
Conn |
50I |
239172 |
1926 |
|
 |
|
|
| 2955 |
Baritone; DB |
Conn |
74I |
179043 |
1926 |
Bb LP? |
 |
|
|
| 2782 |
Tuba |
Conn |
81J |
236486 |
1926 |
BBb |
 |
| 23 in bell
|
| 2690 |
Alto Horn |
Martin |
|
78279 |
1926 |
|
 |
|
|
| 2687 |
Tuba |
Conn |
24J |
233735 |
1926 |
Eb |
 |
| bore:.690
bell:20 in
Height: 36 in
|
| 2244 |
Trumpet |
Buescher |
Maestro |
220209 |
1926 |
|
 |
| "Maestro" True Tone Professional
|
| 2099 |
Tuba |
Buescher |
|
236216 |
1926 |
Eb |
 |
| 35in high
20 in bell.
|
| 1482 |
Trombone |
Conn |
38B |
234683 |
1926 |
|
 |
|
|
| 852 |
Alto Horn |
Buescher |
|
216682 |
1926 |
Eb |
 |
|
|
| 423 |
Cornet |
Buescher |
|
112001 |
1926 |
Bb/A |
 |
| bell 4 5/8in
|
| 276 |
Trumpet |
Bach |
Apollo |
209 |
1926 |
|
 |
| Bach made 50 of these in 1926, stating with serial#200). Some were made again in 1928 and possibly another batch a little later but this trumpet is one of the first. .448 bore and has the #3 bell. Only 4 trumpets known to have the #3 bell.
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