Instrument Collection

My collection has over 100 instruments, although choosing where an instrument sits on the spectrum between ‘random parts’ and ‘fully usable instrument’ is sometimes a bit difficult, so in this section I’ve decided to break up the collection into different categories.

Instruments that I consider my ‘main’ instruments:

Type	Make/Model	Pitch	Year
Cornet	B&H Sovereign 921 “Round Stamp”	Bb	1979
Trumpet	Jean Paul TR860	Bb	2020
Trombone	B&H Sovereign “Round Stamp”	Bb	1976
Trombone	Getzen 3047AFR	Bb/F	1995
Bass Trombone	King 7B	Bb/F/Gb/D	1980’s?
Bass Trombone	Bach Stradivarius 50B3	Bb/F/Gb/D	1983
Euphonium	B&H Sovereign “Round Stamp”	Bb	1977
Tuba	Salvation Army Super Triumphonic	Eb	1966

Interesting instruments in my collection:

Type	Make/Model	Pitch	Year	Significance
Cornet	Besson Enharmonic	Bb	1908	Cornet with the Besson Enharmonic valve design. Have two; one from 1908 in good condition, one from 1911-1913 in average condition
Cornet	Conn 81a “Long” cornet	Bb/A	1922	Gift from wife, came with complete set of alternative tuning slides. Have since been given a second 81a Victor from Dave H, made in 1924. Both are in good condition.
Cornet	Meredith Open Tone	Bb	~1917	Very rare model with the unique Meredith Open Tone design
Cornet	Couturier Conical Bore	Bb/A	1921	Cornet with an apparently completely conical bore & wedge shaped tuning slides to reduce tight bends
Cornet	Higham Standard Class	Bb	~1895	Belonged to my maternal Grandfather, was previously used by either his father or uncle
Cornet	De Lacey	Bb	1870’s	Oldest instrument in my collection, functions if valves are recently oiled with thick valve oil
Cornet	Jupiter JCR-526R	Bb/A	>2000	With the ‘Vario-max’ tuning system
Trumpet	Selmer Radial Model 66	Bb		1st valve on a -2 degree angle from 2nd, and 3rd valve is +2 degree angle from 2nd to be more ergonomic
Flugelhorn	Thierry?	Bb	<1900	Only has two valves, no idea why
Flugelhorn	Halari Compensateur	Bb	??	Has a very odd compensating system. The instrument has a serious air leak somewhere – need to do further diagnosis
French Horn	Lidl-Brno	F	???	Odd compensating design with long horizontal fourth valve
Mellophone	Conn 18E Mellophonium	F	1970’s	Unusual instrument, donated by viewer
Frumpet	Getzen	F		Unusual instrument, donated by viewer
Altonium	King	F
Horn	Besson	E->B	1885	Belonged to my grandfather, has markings on each tuning slide to adjust the tuning to several different pitches. Missing the extra tuning slide crooks
Horn	LaFleur	Eb	???	Looks like a flugelhorn, but is in Eb
Horn	DEG	G	???	Is a marching instrument, effectively a flugelhorn in the key of G
Trombone	Old’s Recording R20	Bb/F	1969	Has a fluted slide
Trombone	Hawkes and Son Excelsior Sonorous	Bb/A		Comes with two slides and a piston trill valve
Valve Trombone	De Cart Freres	Bb	??	Has three Vienna/Stoezel valves
Euphonium	CG Conn	Bb	1910	Double Bell euphonium with 5 valves

Instruments that I’m wanting to restore:

Type	Make/Model	Pitch	Year
Cornet	H. N. White	Bb/C	~1913
Cornet	Salvation Army, various models (x3)	Bb
Tenor Horn	Salvation Army Triumphonic	Eb	1960
French Horn	Double horn. Chinese-made (it’s got red Lacquer!)	F	??
Euphonium	Besson Enharmonic (4v)	Bb	~1912
Tuba	Besson Enharmonic (3v)	Eb	~1912

Instruments/Hardware with special significance:

Item	Model	Year	Details
Eb Soprano Cornet	Boosey & Hawkes Imperial	1959	Was used by my father
Cornet Mouthpiece	Kosikup mouthpiece	1910?	Was used by my father
Bb Cornet	Higham Standard Class	1895	Was used by my great-grandfather & grandfather M
Tenor Horn	Besson E-B multiple key circular Tenor Horn	1885	Was owned by my grandfather M
G Bass Trombone	Boosey & Hawkes Imperial	1966	Was used by my Grandfather H for several decades