Musical Notes
What’s on My Bench? A 1911 Conn New Invention Circus Bore Cornet
Someone paid extra for this little beauty back when it was new - it has gold plated buttons and caps, ferrules, pull knobs and water key assemblies!
What’s on My Bench? A Pair of Beautiful Conn 80A Cornets
These Conn 80A cornets are a lot of fun - great players, and can go from a super dark and velvety sound to bright and trumpet-like depending on your choice of mouthpiece.
What’s on My Bench? A 1915 King Master Model Cornet
This horn is a real beauty, and came to us from a recent estate buy. It cleaned up better than expected, and is quite the player, too!
Recently, I had a chance to do an overhaul on a Conn 28M. Conn is such an interesting company to me, particularly in how they designed their saxophones.
What’s on My Bench? A Spectacular Adams A1 Trumpet
Why am I extra excited about this particular trumpet? Because it’s the same model I’ve played every day for the last 7 years!
What’s On my Bench? A Conn 4B Bass Trumpet
Check out this super fun horn! This is probably the fourth bass trumpet to cross my bench since I started working here, and also one of the nicer ones!
The Soprano Trombone/ Slide Trumpet / Mini Trombone
Every now and again, we receive an item in at the shop that just completely stumps me. (HEY! I'm looking at YOU, soprano trombone!)
What’s on My Bench? A Bach Mt. Vernon Model 8 Trombone
Hey, Brass Fans! We’ve had lots and lots of cool horns in the shop lately, but here’s one you won’t see every day, and it’s in really nice shape. Serial number puts this one at 1955.
Things We Find in Cases - Awards and Homework!
This find was a lot of fun. These are all medals from Illinois High School Association for band and vocal competitions, so it looks like the former owner did a lot of playing and singing in school. There was also some English Composition homework, vintage sheet music, and for some odd reason a giant hex wrench!