| ID |
Instrument |
Maker |
Model |
Serial# |
Manuf. Date |
Key/Pitch |
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| 7394 |
Tuba |
Stark |
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| 7420 |
Cornet |
Courtois |
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| Pryorphone: They did not stamp them on the valve casings. Look under the valve caps to find the serial number (if there is one).
In addition, one can narrow down the time period from the dates of the awards that are also on the bell. You might list ALL the bell engraving, and then we could help.
KimC: Wow! There IS a serial number there! It is not very clear, but it says 13432.
Thanks for that tip!
So, here ist he complete text on that cornet:
(in a circle):Medaille de 1re classe Exposition universelle 1855
Medaille Londres 1862
Exposition universelle Paris 1867
Medaille dHonneur
En argent
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Antonio Courtois & Mille
Mille Sr
Facteur du Conservatoire National
88 rue Des Marais St. Martin
Paris
----.----
1lr Prix
Grande Medaille DOr
Exposition Moscou 1872
& Medaille DOr Paris 1878
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S. Arthur Chappel
sole agent
52 New Bond Street
London
Thats all, quite a lesson!
That is why I ondered why there was no serial number, but now I have found it. Honestly I did not ecspect to find a serial number on a part that can easily be removed, or svapped to another instrument.
Pryorphone: Looking at the bell award engravings that Ive been able to collect, that puts your cornet between 1878 - 1889
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| 7419 |
French Horn |
Bruno |
Majestic |
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| 7417 |
Tuba |
Pourcelle |
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| Engraved: Henry Pourcelle Superior Paris
Bell: 13 1/2 in
Bore:.660- .670
2nd valve casing: 2 R J L
Receiver: DA
resemblance to the Tourville & Cie Eb tuba shown to left, but it is smaller all around. The Pourcelle has a Mainz rim bell as does the Tourville.
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| 7416 |
Sousaphone |
Buescher |
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Bb |
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| Tenor Sousaphone
LEW:
I bought the horn shown in the eBay photos you have linked. I used it at Tuba Christmas this past December. It plays very well, easy blowing with a nice full sound, as you might expect from a euphonium with a 14" bell. I brought it to the US Army band tuba euphonium conference in January and Lee Stofer played it and sounded great. I have since spoken to a couple of other people who said that they have seen others and one who owns another one. I suspect that they were made as marching band baritones, but I still believe that a relatively small number were made and certainly a smaller number are still around in playing condition.
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| 7415 |
Tuba |
Besson |
Imperial |
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Eb |
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| 7412 |
Cornet |
Besson |
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| 7411 |
Helicon |
Lutz |
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| Brüder Lutz Schönbach Böhmen
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| 7410 |
Cornet |
Gloess |
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| Engraved: J. Gloess Place de la Plax Mulhouse
Length: 12.5in
Length of the tubing: 55 in
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| 7409 |
Mellophone |
ToneKing |
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| 7408 |
Alto Horn |
Harmony |
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| Chicago Musical Instrument Company
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| 7407 |
Alto Horn |
Trapp |
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Engaved: Herman Trapp, Wildstein B. Eger in Bohmen, Shulz-Marke
Height: 22in
Bell: 7in
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| 7406 |
Fluglehorn |
Schuster |
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C |
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| Engraved: gebr. Schuster markneukirchen with 2 medals, one from 1862(London) and one from 1879 (Sydney). Length:14.5 in
Length of tubing: 44 3/4 inches long
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| 7405 |
Cornet |
ToneKing |
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| Tone King New York Band Co.
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| 7403 |
Trumpet |
Buescher |
Super 400--T160N |
360065 |
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| 7401 |
Cornet |
Lefever |
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691 |
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| 7399 |
Trumpet |
Harwood |
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P43259 |
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| 7398 |
Trombone |
Olympian |
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11854 |
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| Engraved: Olympian made in USA
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| 7397 |
Alto Horn |
Battauld |
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| Battauld Chalon a Saone
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| 7396 |
Trumpet |
Besson |
Excellent |
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| 7395 |
Tuba |
Sprinz |
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| 7375 |
Cornet |
Continental |
214 |
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| Length: 17 1/4in (15.75)
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| 7382 |
Fluglehorn |
Riedl |
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Eb |
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| Length:17 in
Bell: 5 in
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| 7380 |
Trombone; Valve |
Langen |
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| . J. Langen Osnabrück
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| 7379 |
Trombone; Alto |
Monke |
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F |
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| 7377 |
Trombone; Valve |
Lamotte |
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| Engraved: Ch Lamotte a Paris
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| 7373 |
Cimbasso |
Dehmal |
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| Bell: 9 in
Bore: .560 at main tuning slide.
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| 7371 |
Trombone |
Mahillon |
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| C Manillon succ J Smits Bruxelles
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| 7372 |
Trombone; Valve |
Gardet |
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Bb/C |
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| Engraved: Gardet | Paris
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| 7383 |
Trombone; Valve |
Hug |
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10708 |
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| Hug & cie
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