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ID	Instrument	Maker	Model	Serial#	Manuf. Date	Key/Pitch
11415	Trumpet	Acme	Artist	210084

11389	Baritone	Seltman	Artist	9160

10980	Cornet	Sistek	Artist			Bb/A
J.Sistek Cleveland Ohio
10974	Alto Horn	Pollman	Artist			Eb
Bell: 6-3/4in Length:19in
10763	Baritone	Seltman	Artist

10755	Cornet	Acme	Artist	206789	1957?

10249	Trumpet	Silvertone	Artist	134581

10036	Trumpet	Bandmaster	Artist	8293
Made in Elkhart, Ind USA
9761	Trombone	Conn	Artist		1890

9710	Cornet	Conn	Artist		1881	Bb
Rendering Equa-Tone Valve
8895	Baritone	Besson	Artist

8818	Fluglehorn	Besson	Artist
F. Besson Paris
7688	Trumpet	York	Artist	204507

7513	Cornet	Bandmaster	Artist	4615
Bandmaster Elkhart
7439	Trombone	Hospe	Artist		1930s?
sold by Anton Hospe in Omaha, Nebraska, at one time the biggest music store in Omaha, now a historic landmark.
7179	Cornet	Becker	Artist
Engraved: The \| Artist \| Wm Becker \| Chicago Ill
6473	Euphonium	Fischer	Artist
Height: 24in
5973	Tuba	Blessing	Artist	602071		BBb
Height: 32 in Bell:13.75 in
5944	Cornet	Blessing	Artist	298xx	1935-46

5502	Trumpet	Emperor	Artist

5458	Trumpet	Frank	Artist	11892	1945+
jimmyfrank: I just wanted to say that i took the trumpet out this morning and,looked it over in the sunlight and,i cannot believe the engraving on this wm. frank - ARTIST MODEL - trumpet. it has a log cabin,with smoke curling out of the chimney. the cabin is sitting beside a rolling stream. the cabin and,stream are in the valley,WITH A MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE BACKGROUND. WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE EAGLES,SOARING OVER THE MOUNTAINS. Grin How did this work.did these companies have engravers on staff. Does more elaborate engraving,signify a better grade of instrument. Does artist model mean,pro level trumpet. i see you said that it looks like the valves were done by blessing.was that a good thing back when this horn was made.because the valves are in tremendous shape,as are the sleeves. Kenton: It would be good to know more about the engraving process. Some was automated. And, some was pressed in rather than actually engraved. And, of course there was the hand engraving. Krax: I believe some were etched too. If an engraving has very smooth edges I guess it really is an etching jimmyfrank: I went to borodis,just to get the mouthpiece pulled and,i ended up leaving it with george for a complete overhaul / restoration. I think that george thinks its more related to a holton than a blessing. Because looking at the pictures on the net,i thought that the FRANK ARTIST MODEL - looked an awful lot like the blessing artist and,super artist,models. But george looked and,said holton family,but a lot of these chicago horn makers were interrelated.my limited googling skills had led me to that opinion also. Kenton: Frank would have some of the Holton methods, if not actual parts from Holton, since he once worked there. But it is also alleged that Blessing made some of the valves for Holton. So, it is very possible that they are intermingled.
5440	Cornet	Gretsch	Artist

5304	Trombone; Sopra	Fischer	Artist	15317

4630	Trumpet	Williams, RS	Artist			Bb/C
Engraved: ARTIST. Class A.Williams. TORONTO
4616	Helicon	Fischer	Artist	14542
Engraved: Carl Fischer } Artist \| New York Bell: 16in
4463	Trumpet	Blessing	Artist	48496	1949

4420	Trumpet	Sherwood	Artist	350xx

4338	Trumpet	Silvertone	Artist	36xxx	1943	Bb/A
Made by Blessing Blessing was contracted by Sears and Roebuck to sell the Artist model in their catalog as the Silvertone Artist, and is identical to the Blessing Artist except for the engraving. The 1942 catalog was the first to list the Silvertone Artist. Shortly afert this horn was made, Sears was sued by H. N. White - over the name "Silvertone". Sears who continued to sell the trumpet into the 1950s called simply Artist. Bore .454
3792	Cornet	Fischer	Artist

3751	French Horn	York	Artist	217908		F/Eb

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