Sonare Trumpet List?

veum · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 6:26 am Post subject: Sonare Trumpet List?

Is there a comprehensive list of all Sonare trumpets with model numbers, whether they were made in the US or Germany, etc.?

Thanks!

Bill

Dayton · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 7:18 am Post subject:

I don't have a comprehensive list, but can tell you that the 801 and 901 were made in the USA and the 800 and 900 were made in Germany.

There are slight differences between the 800 and 801 and the 900 and 901. I believe there were slight changes made to the bell, and to the valve casing, along with a different tuning slide. This supposedly results in the USA-made horns being more responsive, but I never played the German-made Sonares so cannot comment on that.

I owned both an 801 and a 901 and thought they were nice horns in the Bach 18037 tradition.

Edit: If I recall correctly, there a few other Bb models only made the the USA, including the 802 and 803. Never played either one.

There were also Sonare C trumpets. I think the one made in Germany was the 800 and the one made in the USA was the 811, but am not as sure about that.