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rhatheway
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 Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 1:12 pm Post subject: A.V. Ebblewhite trumpets? |
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I was watching a British TV show the other day ("The Repair Shop", where master craftsmen/women repair all different sorts of antiques) and they were working on an A.V. Ebblewhite trumpet from the late 1800s. I'd never heard of that one, so I tried to look it up online.
Apparently Albert Victor ("A.V.") was the son of John Henry (" J.H.") Ebblewhite, who imported and made woodwind instruments in London from ~1840-1882. When his father died he took over the business and also imported and made instruments (including trumpets apparently).
That's about all I could find on him or his instruments. Is anyone familiar with these horns or how they sound and play?
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LittleRusty
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: A.V. Ebblewhite trumpets? |
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| rhatheway wrote: |
Apparently Albert Victor ("A.V.") was the son of John Henry (" J.H.") Ebblewhite, |
I read to this point and thought “well that certainly clears things up.”
Please pardon my sense of humor.  |
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Halflip
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2024 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: A.V. Ebblewhite trumpets? |
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| LittleRusty wrote: | | rhatheway wrote: |
Apparently Albert Victor ("A.V.") was the son of John Henry (" J.H.") Ebblewhite, |
I read to this point and thought “well that certainly clears things up.” |
This made me think of an old "Tumbleweeds" comic strip in which a cowboy encounters a Native American out in the desert.
The Native American proclaims, "I am Punkatunkis, son of Kukanukis."
The cowboy asks, "And who, pray tell, is Kukanukis?"
The Native American replies, "Why, the father of Punkatunkis, dum-dum."
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rhatheway
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| Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 5:12 am Post subject: Re: A.V. Ebblewhite trumpets? |
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| LittleRusty wrote: | | rhatheway wrote: |
Apparently Albert Victor ("A.V.") was the son of John Henry (" J.H.") Ebblewhite, |
I read to this point and thought “well that certainly clears things up.”
Please pardon my sense of humor. |
Ya know..., that's something I would have written too! 
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“Without music, life would be a mistake” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
1968 Getzen Eterna Severinsen
1958 Conn Director 14A |
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