There are two tiny"pings" in this outer area at the front of the bell. On the very front edge of the front of the bell there are some very light areas of superficial scuffing that one would come to expect where the trumpet has been carefully set down to rest on its bell while a conductor specified indications to be penciled on the music sheet. The silver plate is 100% with no dents or scratches other than a few small blemishes in the plating on the leadpipe and tuning slide of the instrument. The photos reflect the true luster of this fine trumpet.
#BENGE TRUMPET MODELS SERIAL NUMBER#
Only a short way down the serial number ranges Zigmant Kanstul switched to a non-conventional design with multiple interchangeable leadpipes. The design of this particular trumpet is rather unique as only a few were produced with a standard fixed leadpipe configuration. The workmanship and attention to fine detail is extraordinary as can be seen in the accompanying photos. This trumpet has a serial number in the mid-400’s range. This is one of the earliest instruments that Kanstul produced when he acquired the F Besson tools and dies from the Paris Factory in the early 1980’s and is very rare. It is the model 62MC* and has a.462 bore size. more Besson Meha Trumpet the Key of C in bright silver plate from Zigmant Kanstul. 461".The absolute top of the F Besson line and pure perfection in the art of trumpet making never to be equaled again. It is 19 1/2" long (18 7/8" from bell rim to bell curve) without mouthpiece, the bell diameter is 4 9/16" and the bore measures approximately. The serial number indicates that this trumpet was made before 1924. We don't know how many trumpets he may have owned before making his own. There is at least one other Besson trumpet in existence that had belonged to Mr. Either way the mouthpipe has important history. It has a seam as seen in all original early Besson trumpets, but the same is true of Benge mouthpipes made in Chicago.
The tuning slide crook might be a replacement. The braces between the bell and mouthpipe and first slide hook are definitely Benge parts. I can see that some of the parts are not original, but not all are obvious. I have no way of knowing if the heavy polishing was done at the Benge shop in 1970 or previous to Mr. Close examination does show that the original stamped lettering is there. This trumpet has been so heavily polished that the bell stamp needed to be engraved over to make it more legible, making it look almost as if it is a counterfeit.
Most modern trumpets were originally copied from the French Besson and were manufactured from about 1885. Lou Duda, the foreman of the Benge factory and outstanding trumpet craftsman, painstakingly reassembled the trumpet and presented it to Irving Bush. Benge's death in 1960 in Burbank, California, the trumpet company was inherited by Donald and Ronald Benge and subsequently sold to the H.N. The instrument was disassembled in Mr Benge's trumpet studio in Chicago, Illinois. I've included a scan of Irv's story of this trumpet on his personal stationary below, but here is what it says: SeptemTo whom it may concern: The French Besson Bb trumpet, serial number 85419 is the instrument played by Elden Benge, the first trumpet with the Chicago Symphony under the direction of Frederick Stock. He had been a friend and colleague of Elden Benge from the time that Benge moved to Southern California.
#BENGE TRUMPET MODELS PROFESSIONAL#
Irving Bush was a highly regarded professional trumpet player, playing with many top big bands during the 1950s and joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1962. I believe that this is important even with objects that have much less historical significance than this case. As each generation passes, the accuracy of the stories connected with artifacts become less sure unless we carefully document them. I highly recommend that owners of old instruments do their best to document them. Almost everything that I know about the history of this trumpet I was told was told by Irving Bush, so I asked him to write it down for me.
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