Another old horn

nomad443 · New Member Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 4

Guys, thanks again for the info on the Marceau trumpet. Now I have another one for you. This may be more difficult. The other old trumpet I have does not have any identifying marks on it. Not a single one. Like the Marceau, it’s a narrow body model, brass finish, and has 2 distinctive features that may help your IDing it. The bell edge is not rolled, but has a very fine serrated edge. That’s the best way I can describe it. The valve casings are hexagonal from top to bottom. The screw valve caps are also hexagonal. The top valve caps have, what appears to be, plastic or mother-of-pearl insets which are goldish and brown. The lead pipe tubing to the 3rd valve has 3 braces which have hexagonal features. The 3rd valve ring is on the bottom of the 3rd valve slide. Gee, I guess there were more features to describe it than I thought. By the way, I am a retired music educator and a trumpet player (50 years). I also am a member of AFM Local #472 from York, PA. As of now, I play in the Spring Garden Band that is reputedly the 2nd or 3rd oldest continually performing concert band in the US (137 years) staffed entirely by professional musicians. Again, I appreciate your interest in identifying these old trumpets. Always up to a challenge, right?

trumpetmike · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:00 pm Post subject:

Any chance of a pic?
May be of some use if we are trying to identify the make.

wardsd · Heavyweight Member Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 504

Sounds like a Conn 40B stencil to me. does it look anything like this?

http://www.paulayickvintagebrass.com/Trumpets/Conn%20%2040B%20Vocabell%20285046/

Steve

dmb · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject:

From the description, you're probably right Steve. Although I can't think of them right now, there were a few other manufacturers that made some horns with the hex design.
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nomad443 · New Member Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 4

You guys are great. Thanks for your interest. I will try to get some digital pics to one of you in the next couple of days. Enjoyed looking at the pics of the other trumpets in the parent dir. Played a Conn Coprion for a lot of years in public schools. Changed to a 36B in college. Then to a 55B, Benge 3X, and finally a Strad 43. I really hadn't thought about that Coprion for, probably, oh, 40 years? When I started in 3rd grade, my uncle gave me his old Conn Conquerer. What a bear of a horn! thanks again. Great contacts.