These are sites belonging to clients, vendors, friends, and others.
Valve Oil
5 Starr Products Excellent oil, preferred by many great players, including me.
Custom Mouthpieces
Karl Hammond Design Karl is my "custom mouthpiece guy." He's the best.
Parts Suppliers
M/K Drawing My favorite source for mandrel drawn tubing and custom tuning slides.
Repair Technicians
Brass Instrument Workshop - Rich Ita - Cobb County, Georgia
Charlie's Brass Works - Charlie Melk - West Allis, Wisconsin
Doctor Valve (You are here.) - Steve Winans - La Grange, Illinois
Powers Brass Works - D. Kevin Powers - Monroe, Michigan
Musicians
Roger Ingram
George
Vosburg
Rolf Smedvig
Bud Herseth
Art Davis
Maynard Ferguson
Orchestras and Organizations
Chicago Jazz Ensemble - Jon Faddis, Artistic Director
Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra
Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The International Trumpet Guild
Instrument and Related Accessories Manufacturers
Conn-Selmer, Bach, Benge, King
Boosey & Hawkes
Calicchio
Kanstul
Karl Hammond Design
Laskey-Pinc
Marcinkiewicz
Monette
Naumann
Schilke
Taylor Trumpets
Tom Crown Mutes
Yamaha
Serial Numbers - Manufacture Date for Trumpets
from the Benge factory (i.e., Conn-Selmer) website
Benge serial numbers
from 1973 - 1981 (sn before 10,000 is pre-1973)
from the Besson factory website
Besson serial numbers
from the Calicchio factory website
Calicchio serial numbers
from the Conn factory (i.e., Conn-Selmer) website
Conn serial numbers
from 1876 to the present
from the HN White / King factory (i.e., Conn-Selmer) website
King serial numbers 1883 - 1986
Further info on King instruments can be found at the HNWhite.com site.
from Lars Kirmser's MusicTrader website
Schilke serial numbers through 1977
Bach serial numbers through 1994
from Jim Donaldson's Trumpet Gearhead website
Martin serial numbers and
other interesting info about Martins
from Eric W. Nicklas' trombone pages, at the U of Missouri website: data from
Gordon Cherry,
Bach,
Besson, Conn, Holton, King, and Olds serial numbers
Business Links
Are You On The Web?, Inc. (Web Host)
The US Postal Service (USPS)
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Federal Express (FedEx)
Paypal
Ebay
Google Search
Google's Frugel Shopping Search (beta)
The Photographic Depot (Film Developing, etc.)
The Way Back Machine (an archive of most sites on the web)
Bass Links
John Huet's Custom Bass Guitars
Neal Caine
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