| ID |
Instrument |
Maker |
Model |
Serial# |
Manuf. Date |
Key/Pitch |
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| 11399 |
Trumpet |
Vega |
Hi-Voice |
40143 |
1946 |
Bb |
 |
| unique ten-sided bell flare and what appears to be nickel silver slides; otherwise identical to my Power model from the same year; photos found on site discussing octagonal bell trumpets and said to be from the Robert Adams collection in Atlanta
|
| 11327 |
Alto Horn |
Conn |
6C-Wonderphone |
357610 |
1946 |
|
 |
|
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| 8408 |
Trombone |
Olds |
Standard |
168xx |
1946 |
|
 |
| Bell: 7.5
Fluted slides
Bore: "is listed as .495/.510" ?? Possibly not actually measured.
|
| 7901 |
Trumpet |
Conn |
22B |
|
1946 |
|
 |
|
|
| 7687 |
Trumpet |
Benge |
|
1501 |
1946 |
|
 |
| wlwright: According to Joe Lills research, this is the first or second large-bore Benge. Elden Benge made if for his good friend Frank Anglund when Mr. Anglund started playing for the NBC orchestra. Whether it is the first or second or third or whatever may be disputed, but I feel pretty confident that it is the earliest large-bore Benge that is in original unrestored condition. When I play it I feel like I am holding a piece of trumpet history. And I am just strange enough to think it is cool that Elden Benge himself probably baked the lacquer in his kitchen.
It is entirely possible that Mr. Anglund did not like the way it plays; one of Anglunds students told Joe Lill that while taking lessons number 1501 was "loaned" to him for about a week, which would imply that by then Anglund had stopped playing it himself. After Anglund death in 1960 (he was right around 57 at the time) it appears that the horn worked its way through the Anglund family.
Whether or not Mr. Anglund liked it, I SURE DO. This horn has quickly become my main player. It simply plays itself. Every note makes it resonate in my hands, and it plays in tune. It does not really "extend" my range, but it sure makes the range I have easier to work with. And to my surprise, it plays softly just as nice as it plays loudly.
|
| 3110 |
French Horn |
Pan American |
52D |
147000 |
1946 |
|
 |
| This horn came out of the Elkhart Ind. Conn factory c. 1937-1945 Uses the Schmidt design w/ piston change valve.
|
| 2283 |
Trumpet |
Selmer |
Grands Prix |
4729 |
1946 |
|
 |
| Vintage 1946 SELMER Paris Grand Prix TRUMPET
Engraved: Henri Selmer Paris, Depose Grands Prix Geneve 1927 Liege 1930 | 4, Place Dancourt, Paris Made in France
18 ½in length
|
| 2032 |
Baritone; DB |
Conn |
30I |
358xxx |
1946 |
|
 |
|
|
| 1561 |
Cornet |
Olds |
Super |
179xx |
1946 |
|
 |
| .465 bore
|
| 668 |
Trombone |
Holton |
65 |
162817 |
1946 |
|
 |
| The Holton 65 was produced from the mid 40s into the late 50s early 60s. Bore .458 with either a red brass or silver plated one-piece red brass 7" or 7 1/2 bell and nickel silver outer slide tubes with oversleeves.
Some had nickle-silver neckpipes, some had an L shape brace on the underside of the hand brace. Engraving ranged from Frank Holton 65 to a sun with Holton and serial number running through the middle of it.
The Holton 65 was theanser to the King 2-B, Conn 4H/24H and Bach 6. They have a brighter sound than the 2-B. Buddy Morrow famously played a Holton 65 for many years.
The Holton 69 was a variation on the 65 (8" red brass bell (Buddy Morrow and Bennie Green played it). The 67 Stratodyne was a variation with with special braces and engraving, a brass neckpipe, lightweight 7in red bell. The 66 Galaxy added a .485/.500 duo-bore but used the same bell mandril and neckpipe in nickel silver.
|
| 655 |
Cornet |
Martin |
Committee |
1578xx |
1946 |
|
 |
| OLDLOU: In my collection I currently have two Martin cornets. My favorite is an Imperial, Handcrafted,silver plated. This is an extended cornet with the extra loop in the belltube, immediately after the first valve. The second is a Martin Committee Model cornet in lacquered brass. The Imperial is the better performing horn of the two.
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| 408 |
Trumpet |
Holton |
48 Revelation |
156566 |
1946 |
|
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