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Items for sale here are privately owned.
They either belong to select clients, or are from my own personal collection.
The instruments have been checked over and serviced, and an accurate and fair appraisal
of the condition is stated in the description.
Purchases are private sales from the owner.
Page updated 10/09/09
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Gold plated Schilke B6 trumpet for Sale
$2975
S/N 12462
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Gold plated Schilke B6 trumpet for Sale
This superb playing gold plated Schilke B6 S/N 12462 dates from about 1981 and is in excellent condition. It was manufactured while Renold Schilke was still running the shop. This was also the period that the Canadian Brass were using Schilke instruments and the Bb trumpets they were using were the B6 model. Bill Chase used a tunable bell B6 model and the B6 model has been a very popular Schilke Bb model for many years.
This B6 has been owned since new by a longtime Schilke employee who has decided to part with it now. The horn has been fitted with a Schilke 'S' style first slide ring. It also features an M/K drawing tuning slide with a nickel bow which creates a denser core to the sound than the stock slide. The valves have received a Doctor Valve OPM alignment and are in excellent shape. The trumpet has very slight wear to the gold plating and has a couple of very minor dents one of which is in the 3rd slide bow. It has never had any significant damage and looks very close to new.
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F Besson Bb Brevete trumpet for Sale
$2100
S/N 92502
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F. Besson Bb Brevete Trumpet for Sale
Lacquered F. Besson Bb Brevette trumpet S/N 92502 - currently owned by John Hagstrom of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This trumpet is in very good unmodified condition. The instrument shows no evidence significant damage during its life. The valves have been overhauled and aligned by Doctor Valve and are excellent in fit and action. This instrument has the easy response and lyric tone that these horns are known for.
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Gold Schilke P7
$3500
s/n 35274
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Schilke P7 Gold Trumpet for Sale
This Gold Plated Schilke P7 is in excellent like new cosmetic and mechanical condition. It was personally selected by me for my own use in 1993. It came from the last batch of 6 P7s made while the Schilke family was still running the company. I have used this personally to perform the Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2, as well as for some commercial/pop piccolo trumpet performances. The valves were fit by me during production, and the valve fit is superb. The 3rd valve has been vented to fascilitate use of the 3rd slide for playing low F on the horn. A true gem of an instrument.
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Gold Small Bore NY Bach Trumpet
$3600
s/n 4914
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This beautifully engraved gold plated Bb trumpet
is a very nice example of a New York small bore horn,
the model long favored by Lew Soloff for his small group work.
Per references available on the web,
the serial number of this horn places its manufacture date as 1940.
This particular example is currently owned by John Hagstrom and received a
Doctor Valve valve overhaul and OPM alignment in 2005.
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1920 Courtois Trumpet - $1150
s/n 397
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This rare Courtois Bb trumpet was manufactured in Paris in 1920. This information was
recently confirmed by Jacques Gaudet at Courtois in Paris.
The instrument was replated at some time. The silver plate is 99% intact. The bore is a medium
.450".
It is apparent that the valves were replated at some time,
and the plating is in very good condition.
The overall instrument condition is very good, especially
considering it was manufactured in 1920.
The instrument has recently been cleaned and had an OPM valve alignment
at the Doctor Valve shop.
The bell engraving and stampings still have very good detail.
The manufacturer's stamping reads:
ANTOINE COURTOIS
Brevete
FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE
NATIONAL
88. rue des Marais St. Martin
Paris
Directly beneath that is an additional stamping, in a slightly different font, which reads:
H & A SELMER INC.
SOLE U.S. AGENTS
NEW-YORK
Above all that is a small round medallion which is difficult to read, but says,
Medaille de 1re Classe Exposition Universelle 1855
The side of the second
valve casing has an oval stamp which reads:A COURTOIS / PARIS
The serial number 397 is stamped directly below that.
This is a rare instrument. Courtois did not make many trumpets during this era.
Any Courtois player, collector, or enthusiast would be thrilled to own this.
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