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| Name | Horn | Mouthpiece |
| Nat Adderly | Getzen Cornet King Master Silver Sonic Cornet (silver bell) |
Rudy Muck (gift from Jaki Byard) Olds number 3 A filed down mpc |
| Urban Agnas | Monette 149XL Bb Monette 61X C |
Monette B4, and C4 |
| Jesus Alemany | Bach 37 | Warburton 6S |
| Ed Allen | Conn 80A cornet (1922) |
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| Henry Red Allen | Conn Vocabell 40B (in the 1920s) H.N.White King Liberty or Silvertone (in the 1930s) Conn Vocabell 48B (in the 1940s) King Super 20 (in the 1960s) Selmer |
Zottola (large rims, very small cups) |
| Herb Alpert | King Silver Flair, Kanstul Custom B flat, Bach Stradivarius, and Marcinkiewicz, Current trumpet: ML Chicago Benge Current flugelhorn: Kanstul Copper |
Bach 7B, Shilke, Marcinkiewicz custom made, Bach 8B with Bob Reeves shaft |
| Cat Anderson | Conn Constellation trumpet | Burt Herrick goldplate Custom by Charlie Allen in Chicago |
| Michael Anderson | Bb trumpet: Bach 37 C trumpet: Monette STC1 (Portland) Eb trumpet: Schilke E3L Piccolo trumpet: Stomvi Master Bb/A Flugelhorn: Yamaha YFH 631 |
Bb: Monette B12 C: Monette C12 Picc.: Monette AP6 Flugel: Monette FL2 |
| Maurice André | Aubertin C trumpet Selmer K modified Bb Selmer Radial Bb Selmer piccole Stomvi |
On Bb, C, D, Eb trumpet: Bach 1-1/2 C, Bb Piccolo: Bach 7 DW also (around 1972): Rudy Muck 7E A custom Bach 7D (a particular rim, larger, rounded on the top) |
| Ryan Anthony | Bb: Yamaha Xeno YTR-8335RG C: Yamaha Xeno YTR-8445 C Rotor: Yamaha YTR-946GS Eb: Yamaha YTR-9630 Piccolo: Yamaha YTR-9830 Cornet: Yamaha YCR-6335HS Flugel: Yamaha YFH-231 |
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| J. B. Arban | Courtois Arban Cornet (1883), Courtois New Arban Cornet (1886) |
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| Louis Armstrong | His first cornet: simply marked "Made in Austria" (probably made in Boehmen) Tonk cornet/Chicago on the riverboats. York cornet/Grand Rapids - (from Joe Oliver); Harry B Jay Columbia cornet,trumpet leadpipe/mpc (Oliver Creole Jazz Band) Blessing Super Artist cornets Switched to Buescher 10-22R trumpet for his Hot five/seven recordings Conn 56B Selmer Challenger,ie balanced forward to Grand Prix with a #19leadpipe. (3 of his horns are still at his home in Corona Nyc.) Martin Troubadour trumpet (in the 1932 film "Rhapsody in Black and Blue") |
Giardinelli LA; various Al Cass/Giardinelli NYC/Bachs 7C Leblanc France Parduba double-cup (?) In the 1960s, Schilke made a number of mouthpieces for him. |
| Eric Aubier | Before: Bach/Malone trumpets, P5-4 Schilke piccolo Now: C Yamaha Xeno 8445 model, MC2 leadpipe, (by Thomas Lubitz, Yamaha Atelier in Neu Isenburg) Xeno silverplated 8345 Bb trumpet, 3 valves Yamaha Bb/A piccolo (YTR-9820C) Yamaha 4 valves Eb Special C piccolo trumpet (made by Lubitz) 6335H Bb cornet |
Before: Bach 1 1/2C Current: Old custom Yamaha Piccolo/Eb: Custom Schilke |
| Chet Baker | Martin, Committee model (50s) Selmer flugelhorn (60s) Conn Constellation 38B (70s) Buescher Aristocrat, student's model (early to mid 80s - pawnshop) Getzen Capri (86 - 87) Selmer, model: Vincent Bach Stradivarius (87 - 88) also a large bore Besson Flugel |
Bach 6B (in the 50s), Bach 6C (from the early 70s) also Bach 10-3/4 |
| Harold Shorty Baker | Selmer K-modified (1950s-60s) |
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| Rick Baptist | Schilke B5, (circa 1965) Conn Vintage One Benge 5X (Burbank era) |
Bach 1½C Bob Reeves custom Jeff Parke custom |
| Jeff Beal | Bb trumpet: Bach Strad. medium with goldbrass bell C trumpet: Bach 239 bell, 24 H leadpipe Piccolo: Yamaha Custom Flugelhorn: Getzen Eterna 4 valve |
Trumpet: Bach 1 C, Bach 7C for piccolo Flugel: Bach 1 C |
| Bix Beiderbecke | Cornets: Martin Superlative, Conn Victor 80A New Wonder, Conn Victor 81A New Wonder, Vincent Bach Stradivarius large bore, Holton-Clarke. |
Holton deep cup # 27, Bach 7, King, Conn wonder |
| Wayne Bergeron | Kanstul ZK1600 Yamaha YTR-8335LA Bb trumpet |
Parke Bergeron Model, Marcinkiewicz Bobby Shew 1.5 |
| Bunny Berigan | Selmer Martin Dansant Martin Imperial Conn 12 B |
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| Bill Berry | Getzen Eterna corne | |
| Seneca Black | Monette 2000LT | Monette B4S, B4L, B4LVS |
| Peter Bocage | Conn 80A cornet (1920s) |
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| Sharkey Bonano | Martin Committee Deluxe |
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| Chris Botti | Martin Committee (large bore 0.468 from 1939) Calicchio 1S2 |
Before: 1920 Bach 3C Now: Bach 3 silver plated (from 1926) |
| Ruby Braff | Besson Cornet, Benge #6 cornet | |
| Rick Braun | Trumpet: Custom Getzen 3050s Flugel: Getzen 895 |
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| Bud Brisbois | Besson (R. Schilke's) 1960-ies a Getzen 900S, 1970-ies switched between Custom Holton ST 200, Calicchio and Bach. The Holton had a .465 bore and thin leadpipe gauge. |
Custom Burt Herrick, In 1973 Bob Reeves made a duplicate for him. It had a Bach 10 1/2C rim, shallow semi-v cup, 26 throat, short stem |
| Mel Broiles | Claude Gordon Benge Bach Strad in the late 1970s Selmer piccolo Broiles was a trumpet collector. One well known instrument in his collection was the French 4 valve trumpet designed by Merry Franquin. |
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| Clifford Brown | First Blessing Super Artist Cornet, then Blessing Super Artist Trumpet |
Bach 17C1 and 17C2 (which are no longer made) The near equal mouthpiece is Bach 10 3/4 CW |
| Till Brönner | Trumpets: Martin "Committee" 1952, Bach 72 lightweight, Yamaha Flugehorns: Yamaha Bobby Shew model, Inderbinen Sera |
Trumpet: Bruno Tilz 1CWE, Flugelhorn: Besson Meha (custom modified) |
| Billy Butterfield | Selmer | Giardinelli BB-1, (Giardinelli’s Artist Series Mouthpieces) BB stands for his initial |
| Donald Byrd | Trumpets: H.N.White King Symphony model, Besson Meha (late 50s, early 60s), Yamaha and BlackByrd(?) made by Dick Akright Bel Canto Severisen (& Akright) Flugel: Couesnon |
custom made by Dick Akright |
| Conti Candoli | Martin Committee King (custom made ) |
Bach 10.5 CW |
| Benny Carter | Conn | Conn goldtone |
| Oscar Papa Celestin | Conn 80A cornet (1920s); Selmer Grands Prix trumpet(1940s-50s) |
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| Bill Chase | Martin-Committee 2B Getzen 900s Schilke B6BL, custom, with beryllium bell, medium .450 bore |
Giardinelli Jet-Tone models BCB / BC Schilke Chase (6A4a) |
| Don Cherry | Besson Meha pocket trumpet (one of only four made in the world) Besson Meha pocket cornet (made for a show starring Josephine Baker, in Paris, in the 1920) Olds Ambassador cornet Civil War era cornet Pakistani pocket trumpet |
Bach 20C cornet mouthpiece |
| Alan Chez | Kanstul Wild Thing Yamaha trumpets |
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| Vincent Cichowicz | Bb trumpets: Selmer K Modified Bach 37 with red brass bell, C trumpet: Silver Bach Mt. Vernon |
Bach B underpart with 1C rim |
| Herbert L. Clarke | Three Star Boston Cornet (his first buy - see his Autobio.) Conn Wonder Solo Cornet, King Master Cornet, Had to play a Conn during his Sousa days. His colleague Frank Holton started his own company, made the H.C. model which Clarke (and Joe Oliver) used |
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| June Clarke | Harry B Jay cornet | |
| Buck Clayton | Selmer, Holton Galaxy trumpet, H.N.White King Liberty trumpet, Blessing Super 1938, French Besson Meha (1940s-50s), Selmer K-Modified (1950s-60s) Getzen Eterna Doc Severinsen (last part of his life) |
Al Cass |
| Bill Coleman | Conn 10B (mid-1930s) Selmer Grand Prix |
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| Johnny Coles | Selmer pre-K-Modified 24B, Yamaha tpts/Olds and Yamaha flugel;ML Bach 37 | |
| Lee Collins | Olds Recording (1950s) After his death his horn was played by Percy Humphrey. |
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| Frits Damrow | Bb trumpet: YTR 8310Z Custom, YTR 8335S Xeno, YTR 936GS Rotary C trumpet: YTR 9445 CHS Artist Model,YTR 964GS Rotary Eb/ D trumpet: YTR 9610 Custom, YTR 9630 Custom Piccolo trumpet: YTR 9830 Custom, YTR 9820 Custom Flugelhorn: YFH 631G Cornet: YCR 6330II |
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| Wild Bill Davidson | Conn Victor 80A, Olds Special cornet (1940s), King Master Super 20 (last 30 years) |
Bach 10 1/2 C |
| Charley Davis | Kanstul 1S2 Bb trumpet, Bach 37 Sterling Bell Bb trumpet |
Bach 3C for lead Bach 3B for orchestral/solo |
| Miles Davis | Started on a Selmer Grand Prix, Martin Committee, French Besson Brevete, Vega power model, Martin Imperial Flugel: Olds Super Martin |
Holton Heim Giardinelly (Heim copy) |
| Allan Dean | Bb trumpet: Yamaha YTR 6335HG C trumpet: Yamaha YTR 6445HG S D trumpet: Yamaha YTR 751 Eb trumpet: Yamaha YTR 9350 F-G trumpet: Schilke G1 Bb cornet: Yamaha YCR 6330 C cornet: Getzen Eterna Flugelhorn: Yamaha YFH 6310Z |
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| Sidney DeParis | Reynolds Professional model cornet (1950s-60s) |
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| Vince DiMartino | Benge CG (1978); Getzen; Yamaha | |
| Timofei Dokshizer | His first instruments were trumpets with rotary valves and a rotary-valved cornet by Alexander. Later B-flat trumpets by Selmer and Benge (Benge a gift from Vladimir Drucker, 1. trumpet Los Angeles Philharmonic) Occasionally a Schilke C trumpet. |
Bach 7E (that he cut on Bachs lathe himself) |
| Kenny Dorham | Besson Meha, earlier on he played a Martin Committee;Cuesnon | Bach 1 (with the Meha) |
| Dave Douglas | Silver Bach Stradivarius large bore trumpet with a #25 bell (this equipment for more than 25 year) |
Bach 3B |
| Nick Drozdoff | Jazz / Lead setup: Yamaha Bobby Shew Model Trumpet Legit B-flat: Custom Made Wayne Tanabe trumpet C-trumpet: Bach 229 Bell, large bore with a custom Wayne Tanabe lead pipe E-flat trumpet: Custom Wayne Tanabe E-flat Flugel: Courtois 3 valve flugel Cornet: Either a Courtois Arban model or a Conn Victor Piccolo Trumpet: Schilke P5-4A trumpet Jazz: Laskey 40 C, Lead: Laskey 40 S* (latest news:) Bb trumpet: NYTC Stage 1 Flugelhorn: Eclipse |
B-flat: Custom Schilke 1&1/4 C (Bach copy), C: Bach 1&1/4 C megatone, E-flat: Schilke 3CH rim on a Bach 3C underpart Flugel: Bach 1&1/4 rim on a Warburton 4XD underpart Cornet: Bach 1&1/4 C rim on a Warburton 4XD underpart Piccolo: Laskey 40MC |
| Roy Eldridge | Martin Handcraft Imperial, Martin Committee Deluxe (1950s), Getzen Severinsen Eterna SK2429, Conn 60 B (ca 1975) LeBlanc (late in lfe) |
Al Cass, Charlie Allen |
| Fred Elias | King Liberty and Silvertone Artist | |
| Don Ellis | Holton 4-valved quarter tone trumpet custom made, Holton Firebird, Al Cass mellophone |
Custom Jack Bell, Custom Bob Reeves |
| Ziggy Elman | Selmer trumpet, H.N.White King 2B Liberty and Super 20 trumpets, King Master Cornet |
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| Pee Wee Erwin | Besson Meha trumpet (did most recordings with this) Conn trumpet Getzen Eterna trumpet Benge large bore long cornet (gift from Warren Vache) |
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| Hal Espinosa | Selmer K-Modified for years later an Olds Clinician, playing the Olds Custom P-12 |
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| Jon Faddis | Schilke S42 Custom Laskey heavyweight |
Custom Schilke (about 13BB) |
| Don Fargerquist | Callichio | |
| Art Farmer | Martin Committee Monette Flumpet Besson Flugal Kanstul Burbank Flugel Cuesnon Flugelhorn (he prefered this) Al Cass Flugelhorn |
His last: Monette B7F (F stands for Farmer, not Flugelhorn) |
| Maynard Ferguson | Selmer Martin Committee (on album cover in 1955) Connstellation 38B, Liberator Holton MF Horn Monette Prana XLT Flugel: Courtois |
Modified Rudy Muck (young in Canada and with Kenton) Custom by D. Callichio (late 1950 ) Holton (His Design, V-cup) Giardenelli 1,2,3, (early 1960, V-cup) JetTone MF (1970ies, V-cup) JetTone by Schilke (short time) Monette MF (V-cup) Monette MFII (Shallow Bowl) Monette MFIII (Shallow Bowl, wider rim). |
| Chuck Findley | Calicchio Now playing/endorsing Hub van Laar intstruments: Bb trumpet model 5 C trumpet model 2 Flugelhorn model 3 |
Chuck Findley model (made by Bob Reeves) |
| Horst Fischer | Hüttl Martin Committee Meister Anton (Later Meister Anton created another model for Fischer with a bigger bore but smaller bell) |
Custom Bruno Tilz |
| Hans Gansch | Lechner (rotary valves) Adaci (rotary valves) Kurner (rotary valves) |
Yamaha 16E4 |
| Armando Ghitalla | Martin (during the 50s and 60s) Trumpets designed by Bill Tottle (late 60s) usually Bach parts, a 238 bell. Had an ascending valve to put the horn in D, making a C/D trumpet. Yamaha artist after the BSO. Had Yamaha build a C/D trumpet for him. |
A huge collection, most in the 1 1/4 size. Bach Mt Vernon 1 1/4 C cornet mouthpiece, with an adapter to the trumpet. Tottle 3Cstar - about the same size as a 1 1/4, with a "K" backbore. Al Cass |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Martin Committee; King Silver Flair; Schilke (gift of Jon Faddis) H.N.White King Super 20 trumpets (late 1940, early 1950) |
Al Cass 2-24A mostly, switched to Al Cass 2-25A a few times |
| Mic Gillette | Marcinkiewicz "Mic Gillette" (Model SC3X.351L RLP) |
Marcinkiewicz E8.7 Mic Gillette |
| Greg Gisbert | Yamaha 6310z | Marcienciewicz Shew 1.5 |
| Andrea Giuffredi | Bb & C trumpet : Courtois Evolution IV Piccolo & Eb trumpet: Schilke Flugelhorn : Courtois |
Yamaha 15 E4 for classic Giardinelli 12 S for big band Schilke 14A4 for piccolo |
| Harry Glanz | Benge Bb trumpet | Bach 3C |
| Bernie Glow | Bach 72* ML Giardinelli BG (Bernie Glow model) | |
| Brad Goode | Blessing ML-1(.460) 1936 Martin Handcraft Imperial (.445) 1931 Blessing Artist (.468) |
Warburton 6M w/ #4 backbore Al Cass 1-29 |
| Dusko Goykovich | Buescher Super 400 (ca. 1950) Buescher Top Hat Buescher Cane 400 Romeo Adaci | Custom Romeo Adaci,Custom Monke |
| Conrad Gozzo | Besson Meha (almost all recordings); Leblanc Gozzo model (non-production) | Sansone, Bert Herick modified 7C |
| George Graham | Trumpet: Bb BelCanto Large Bore Bach C and D/Eb Tumpetw/ Akright conversion and interchangeable Piccolo Trumpet: Burbank Cornet: BelCanto Flugel: Yamaha 631 w/ Kanstul, now Hub Van Larr |
Trumpet: New York Bach 7C w/ rounded inner rim Flugel: Dennis Wick 4F w/ the same rim |
| Gordon Chris Griffin | Selmer Grand Prix and Getzen Eterna | Bach 7 C |
| Bobby Hackett | Martin Handcraft Imperial (adv) small group period, 1937-38 F.A. Reynolds (ph) Bobby Hackett Orchestra, 1940 Muck (adv) Likely instrument of the Glenn Miller period Besson (adv, phs) shepherds crook, also trumpets, entire career H.N. White King Master (adv) Selmer (ph: Hawaii Swings LP) also trumpet (ph) Bach Strad (phs) Benge (phs) Getzen Eterna, including prototypes (phs) Olds Super (ph) had belonged to Red Nichols, very late in career Sources: |
Rudy Muck |
| Larry Hall | Kanstul 1S2, Bach 37 Sterling Bell |
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| Håkan Hardenberger | Prototype Yamaha Artist Model YTR-9445CHS (C trumpet) | |
| John Harner | Calicchio 1s bell with a 2s leadpipe, Now, a custom buildt Conn Vintage One |
Mike Vax Signature model Marcienkewicz |
| Tom Harrell | Trumpet: Connstellation 36B Flugel: Couesnon |
Trumpet: Bach 1-1/2 C Megatone Flugel: Bach 1-1/2 C FL |
| Erskine Hawkins | Conn 40B | |
| Gustav Heim | Holton Revelation Trumpet | Holton Heim |
| Shelton Hemphill | Buescher 400 trumpet | |
| Eddie Henderson | Trumpet: Selmer 80J black trumpet Flugelhorn: Couesnon and Selmer |
Trumpet: custom Scott Holbert Flugelhorn: custom Scott Holbert |
| Bud Herseth | Bach C w/ 6 leadpipe owned by Chicago Symphony; Schilke B3 Bb, Monette then back to Bach |
Bach 1 Bach 7C |
| Patrick Hession | Now: Monette MF Prana Bb trumpet Before: Yamaha 6310Z with custom Piczuk leadpipe |
Monette Prana BL4S6 |
| Jerry Hey | Bach, Calicchio 1S2 Bb trumpet, Kanstul 1S2 Bb trumpet, Bach 37 Sterling Bell Bb (now) |
Bob Reeves 43S (until the early 90s) Bach 3C |
| David Hickman | Yamaha | |
| Terumasa Hino | Yamaha Getzen Eterna(in the 60s) | |
| Al Hirt | Martin Comittee, LeBlanc (+ an eclectic horn with Bach valves and LeBlanc bell) King Silver Sonic Last years: Courtois 708 Sonic |
Jet-Tone Al Hirt models |
| Freddie Hubbard | Trumpets: Conn Artist 8B, Bach Mercury, Olds Ambassador(w/pickup), Martin Cmmittee Getzen, Callichio Flugel: Couesnon |
Trumpet: Bach 6, Calicchio 3/9L , Monette 4B Flugel: Monette 6 |
| Abbie Huebner | Selmer trumpet and Courtois cornet | |
| Roger Ingram | Schilke model S42 Bb Trumpet, Conn Constellation, Couesnon Flugelhorn circa 1963. "Roger Ingram" signature model E12.4 Marcinkiewicz, |
Bach 7-C Flugelhorn mpc |
| Don Jacoby | Conn | Bach |
| Harry James | Selmer Paris Balanced Action #25A Selmer Paris Balanced Action #22B (according to Miss Selmer) Selmer Signet In 1954 he switched to King Silver Sonic Symphony custom made balanced action model Also played: King Master cornet King Liberty tumpet |
Parduba Double Cup *5* - Harry James Model |
| Freddy Jenkins | Conn 58B trumpet | |
| Ingrid Jensen | New York Bach (M) with #67 bell, | Besson "Marvin Stamm" model 3, Couesnon Flugelhorn Black Hill I.J. #3, Giardinelli 10 (for Flugelhorn) |
| Bunk Johnson | H.N.White King Liberty and Selmer trumpet | |
| Walt Johnson | Callichio Kortesmaki Wild Thing |
Bob Reeves Black Hill |
| Jonah Jones | Selmer cornet (when with Stuff Smith in the mid-1930s) Olds Super |
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| George Jouvin | Selmer | |
| Frank Kaderabek | Bb trumpet: Selmer K-modified C trumpet: Selmer Model C75 D trumpet: Benge Piccolo trumpet: Selmer |
Monette C15 Bach 7EW (for piccolo) |
| Max Kaminsky | Conn 80A cornet, Conn 38A Victor Special cornet (late-30s, early 40s) Benge cornet, Besson Trumpet |
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| Al Killian | Buescher 400 trumpet | |
| Ryan Kisor | Now: Monette 994WJ (designed just for him) Before: Lawler, Martin Committee with a Bach Megatone, Schilke, Callichio, Olds Clark Terry trumpet. |
Now: Monette B2 Before: Bach 1 1/2C, Yamaha 16C4 GP |
| Franz Koglmann | Trumpet: Martin Committee from 1945 Flugelhorn: Leblanc F 357 (both silverplated) |
Bach 6, optional an old Heim 2 Flugel: old Giardinelli CT |
| Tommy Ladnier | Harry B. Jay Columbia model (in the 1920s) | |
| Nick LaRocca | Lyon & Healy Cornet - played from 1916 throughout his career Buescher trumpet - custom built for Nick LaRocca in the 1930s |
Cornet: Frank Holton # 26 Trumpet: Rudy Muck KA7A |
| Manny Laureano | Before: Bach large bore C with the 229 bell, Schilke S22C trumpet with a Pitch Finder by Jack Holland Now: C trumpets: Monette STC Prana, 937, Anja 1 and Chicago STC 2 Bb trumpets: Monette 937, Anja 1 and Chicago STC 1 D trumpet: Monette Chicago Eb trumpets: Monette Chicago and short model Portland F trumpet: Besson (owned by W. Vacchiano) Bb/A piccolo: Selmer Rotary C: Schagerl Rotary Bb: Schagerl Cornet: Monette Portland |
1967-1975--Bach 7C, 2 1/2 1975-1977--Helmacy Vacchiano model, Petinatto Vacchiano model, 1977-1985--Bach 1C, 1 1/2, 1 1/4, 1C, 1B, 1A 1985 to present--Monette 1-2 C trumpet: Monette C1-4 Bb trumpet: Monette B 1-2 D trumpet: Monette D 1-2 Eb trumpet: Monette E-3 F trumpet/Piccolo: Monette lead Bb rotary: Monette B 1-2 C rotary: Monette C 1-4 Cornet: Monette B 1-2D |
| Eddie Lewis | Bb Trumpet: Bach 43L, C Trumpet: Bach 229L Flugel: Yamaha 631, Piccolo: Yamaha 9830 |
Giardinelli MB1 (Most of the time)X |
| Jon Lewis | C trumpet: Bach 229 with a Blackburn 1B leadpipe and a crook I built (.468 bore crook) Hub VanLaar C trumpet - Custom built, so no model number Destino Bb: Hub VanLaar Model #4 Bach - 1976 Model 37 Canadian Brass Eb: Canadian Brass Ken Larson Piccolo: Schilke P5-4 Flugel: Hub vanLaar Model #3 Yamaha Cornet: Yamaha YCR - 233S |
My mouthpiece used for fifteen years is a custom mouthpiece that I built when I was the custom mouthpiece maker at Marcinkiewicz Music Products. The rim is similar to a Bach 1 1/2C, the cup is similar to a Bach 3C and the backbore is a combination of backbores that I came up with.
Earlier this year Gary Radtke of GR Technologies, made me an awesome |
| Jens Lindemann | Yamaha B flat trumpet 6310 Z Yamaha C trumpet 6345 (Xeno) Yamaha Piccolo trumpet 9830 Yamaha E/E flat trumpet 8635 Yamaha Flugelhorn 6310 Z |
Custom Yamaha (by a mouthpiecemaker in Japan) (Equal to: Bach 5-7 C or a Yamaha/Schilke 11) Now: GR |
| Booker Little | Bach Mount Vernon | Al Cass # 1-28 |
| Lee Loughnane | Selmer Claude Gordon trumpet | Claude Gordon Personal Mouthpiece (about the size of a New York Bach 7) |
| Tommy Loy | Trumpets: Schilke B1; ML from the 60s. LeBlanc 707 Benge Pocket Trumpet (.460. ) Flugel: Noblet from the 1950s. Cornets: Wild Thing prototype by Flip Oakes. .470 very large bore. Silver. Great projection. Getzen Eterna LB w/copper bell. .464 all around the "Bach 3C" equivalent. Also a gold-plated Pujé (that he gave to Bob Romans shortly before he passed away in 2003) |
Currys, Stork, Marcinkiewicz E3/3C |
| Warren Luening | old LeBlanc for many years now Bach |
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| Humphrey Lyttleton | Rudy Mück balanced model | Rudy Mück |
| Joseph Wingy Manone | Conn 80A cornet (early 1920s), King Liberty or Silvertone trumpet (late 1920s) |
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| Joe Marcinkiewicz | Conn Connstellation, Marcinkiewicz |
Marcinkiewicz |
| Charlie Margulis | French Besson Brevette | Bach 3C |
| Gianni Marinucci | Yamaha 8335RG Shotblast trumpet Yamaha 6310Z Bobby Shew flugelhorn |
Trumpet: Bach 3C (a big letter 3C, not the new type) Flugel: Bach 3CFL |
| Stan Mark | Benge, Besson, Now:Conn Vintage One with a goldbrass bell |
JetTone |
| Marty Marsala | Conn 80A cornet (1942) |
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| Wynton Marsalis | Bach 37; Bach 72 Vindabona; SchilkeBb & Piccolo; Now: Monette(s), mainley the Prana 3 (used to be the B993) |
Bach 1-1/4C; Monettes |
| Christopher Martin | Bb - Bach 37/25 C - Yamaha YTR-9445CHS "Chicago" Eb/D - Yamaha Piccolo - Schilke P5-4 |
Parke-Merkelo (three piece) 650-215 Rim, 280-24 Cup, standard Merkelo Backbore |
| Jimmy Maxwell | Bach | Bach 3C |
| Howard McGhee | Martin Committee Yamaha Getzen Eterna |
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| Jimmy McPartland | Conn 80 A Cornet, Bach Strad Gold Plated Cornet given to him by Bix |
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| Rafael Mendez | French Besson Brevette Besson Meha (when doing studio recordings) Olds Mendez (Besson copy) Olds Recording(pre-balanced model) |
Bach 10 1/2C Olds Mendez 1 |
| Leon Merian | Getzen Eterna 700 (modified leadpipe) with custom bell, 461 bore | Bach 1C for solo or small work Jet Tone Leon Merian Personal for big band |
| Palle Mikkelborg | Martin Committee | Al Cass No. L1 |
| Punch Miller | Martin Troubadour (1930s) | |
| Blue Mitchell | Martin Committee, Conn Constellation, Olds Super or Olds Studio Olds Flugel |
Al Cass # 1-28 |
| Ollie Mitchell | Benge (mid 50ies) King Silver Flair Kanstul Olds Super |
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| John Mohan | Trumpet: For most situations a Gold Plated Burbank Benge .468" Large Bore with a .464" Bell. For Rock and stuff requiring a real bright tone, a Gold Plated Selmer Claude Gordon Model Flügelhorn: Gold Plated Yamaha YFH-631 Piccolo Trumpet: Schilke P5-4 C Trumpet: Bach C Large Bore with 229 Bell & 25H Leadpipe Eb Trumpet: Schilke E3L-4 Bb Rotary Trumpet: Monke C Rotary Trumpet: Monke |
For most playing situations, a Bob Reeves 43B with #22 Throat and the #3 Backbore (Reeves largest backbore) For Rock, Big Band Lead, and shows with intense 1st Books, a stock Bob Reeves 43C For Orchestral, a Bach 1X Rim with a 1B, 1X, or 1 1/4 C Underpart Flugelhorn: Bob Reeves 43HF (their deepest model) Piccolo Trumpet: Bob Reeves 43C Piccolo Trumpet Mouthpiece |
| Lee Morgan | French Besson Brevete, Olds Ambassador, Conn Artist 6B, Martin Commitee w/ Dizzy bell and straight bell. | Bach 6C |
| James Morrison | Trumpet: Yamaha James Morrison Model YTR-6335J11, Firebird Trumpet, Holton ST303 Flugelhorn: Yamaha, Thomas Inderbinen Wood Model Midi Trumpet: MDT (Morrison Digital Trumpet) |
Yamaha: TR14B4
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| Maurice Murphy | Severinsen-Akright Bel Canto | Denis Wick MM2C (Maurice Murphy signature model) |
| Sergei Nakariakov | Russian trumpet (?) Getzen Severinsen; Courtois trumpet and flugelhorn (4 valve) |
(Bach 10.5 C, Bach 7C) Courtois 1 1/4 C |
| Fats Navarro | French Besson, Martin Committee | |
| Red Nichols | Olds Super Conn (in the 1920s) Selmer (in the 1950s) |
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| Bob Odneal | Trumpets (earlier): Schilke B6 tuning bell Beryllium, Schilke S42, Doc Severinsen's Destino (Now): Best Brass Flugel: Getzen Eterna 3 valve |
Laskey 30* and 30S* Now: Best Brass Powerpiece 9E |
| Tiger Okoshi | Yamaha | |
| Joe Oliver | Holton Herbert Clark cornet with shepherd crook, Holton H. C. cornet with straight crook, Harry B. Jay "Columbia" model cornet, King Liberty trumpet |
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| Hot Lips Page | Selmer Signet trumpet Selmer Balanced Action trumpet Conn 22B or 12 B trumpet |
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| Manuel Perez | Conn 80A cornet (1920s-30s) | |
| Stew Pletcher | King Liberty or Silvertone (1936) | |
| Al Porcino | Benge (large-bore ) | Bach 10 1/2C (altered to roughly the size of a Bach 6C) |
| Louis Prima | Olds Ambassador, ??? |
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| Enrico Rava | Trumpet: Bach Centennial Edition, 37 Bell, reverse leadpipe. Flugelhorn: Couesnon (one 1950s and one 1960s) |
Trumpet: Heim #1 Flugel: Bach 7C |
| Red Rodney | Martin Committee, Blessing ML-1 lightweight, Blessing Artist Flugel |
Al Cass 3X3 & 2-28 |
| Wallace Roney | Trumpet: Martin Committee T3468 Flugelhorn: Leblanc and a Martin Committee |
Trumpet: custom Heim Flugel: Giardinelli 1FL |
| Nini Rosso | Selmer; Olds Super; Yamaha | |
| Jim Rotondi | French Selmer; Conn Constellation; Bach | |
| Randy Sandke | Bach Strad 37 | Bach 7D with a 25 throat |
| Arturo Sandoval | Trumpet: Schilke B1; X3; Leblanc T357 Gold plated with tunable bells Flugel: Leblanc F357 |
Bach 3C w/ 24 throat GP, Curry 3Z |
| Adolf Scherbaum | Bb piccolo trumpet: The famous silver trumpet with fake tubing by Scherzer (Augsburg), looked like F trumpet but was piccolo Bb. Eb trumpet: by Leistner (Hamburg) - also with fake tubing. 4 valve piccolo: With changeable bell. Built by Scherbaum and his son (Scherbaum and Göttner) |
His own design (Scherbaum and Göttner). In 3 parts. |
| Bob Schoffner | Buescher trumpet | |
| Doc Severinsen | Trumpet: Getzen Eterna Conn Akwright Bel Canto Own custom made Bb trumpet called Destino Flugelhorn: Kanstul Chicago 1025 |
Jet-tone (throghout the 70's) Bach 3C Laskey (Bach 7 expanded to Bach 5) Burt Herrick custom mouthpiece (in the 70's) |
| Eddie Severn | Powell Custom Bb Trumpet, Couesnon Flugelhorn |
Trumpet: GR custom Flugel: GR 64FL |
| Charlie Shavers | Conn 48B (1939), Martin Imperial (1941), King Super 20, Getzen Eterna |
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| Woody Shaw | Conn Constellation, Meazzi (Italian copy of the Constellation), Yamaha YTR6335, Bach 180-37. Yamaha and Bach flugels. Bach cornet |
Bach 5C & 7C |
| Bobby Shew | Yamaha 6310Z Yamaha YTR-8310Z |
Warburton, Marcincewicz Bobby Shew, Yamaha |
| Frank Simon | King Master Cornet | |
| Rolf Smedvig | Bach 37w/ thumb trigger Bach Strad Eb 239 G Piccolo: Paris - Selmer Bb and A |
Bach 3B Have hundreds of mouthpieces, change every now and then. |
| Jabbo Smith | Harry B Jay trumpet, Selmer trumpet | |
| Phil Smith | C trumpet: Two Bach Strad, Model No. 229 LB w/ 25H B trumpet: Bach 37 Phil has many trumpets in addition (about 20), D trumpet, E-flat, E, F, G, A, high B-flat. |
Bach 1B w/ big backbore, Bach 3C for commercial work |
| Walter F. Smith | King Silvertone cornets King Silvertone trumpets |
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| Valaida Snow | Selmer Grand Prix trumpet | |
| Lew Soloff | 1947 small bore Bach trumpet Custom Monette |
Bach 3C with various cup depths / backbores by Giardinelli, Stork, Monette & Schilke |
| Muggsy Spanier | Harry B. Jay Columbia model (in the 1920s) Conn Victor/80A cornet (early recordings) Blessing Super Artist cornet |
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| Charlie Spivak | Besson; Martin Imperial | |
| Dave Stahl | Holton ST 100 | Jet-Tone; Greg Black |
| Del Staiger | King Master Cornet, King Liberty and Silvertone Artist trumpets |
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| Marvin Stamm | A tunable bell French Besson model 92BA that he designed for Boosey & Hawkes. It is the original prototype for the new French Bessons and French Besson Lightweight-reverse leadpipe trumpets that are now produced by B&H. Now (2005): Yamaha New York French Besson flugelhorn, Model 30-FB, the Laureat |
A John Stork Vacchiano model 4D+; a screw rim mouthpiece, can put a 3C - 1 1/4 rim on the D+ bottom. Now(2005): Custom GR (close to 65M) flugelhorn GR 62FL |
| Tomasz Stanko | Schilke B-6 | (a bent) Bach 1-1/2C |
| Al Stewart | Olds Super, Bach 72* | Bush |
| Rex Stewart | Conn Victor 80A cornet (1933), Olds Super cornet, King Master or Silvertone cornet (late 1930s) Reynolds Professional model cornet (1950s-60s) |
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| Markus Stockhausen | Bb trumpet: Bach L with 72* (lightweight) tuning bell, built by himself Schilke X3 Berillium tuning bell, Callicchio ML mit Bach 72* tuning bell Olds Recording C trumpet: Bach, 25A leadpipe, 239 tuning bell, goldplated Flugelhorns: Yamaha 635, Kantstul with copper bell, direct air flow valves Old Besson changed to 4-valves 1/4-Tone, goldplated Piccolo: Schilke P5-4, silver |
Tpt: all changed, different combination of JBS-cups with Warburton underpart Flh: JBS-rim with own made underpart, 4,6 mm bore Picc: old Selmer B-0 |
| Byron Stripling | New York Bach | Bach 1 Schilke custom made by Scott Laskey |
| Ira Sullivan | Chicago Benge trumpet, Couesnon flugel |
Bach 10 1/2c Giardinelli 12 Fl |
| George Swift | Olds with handhammered bell, small bore Conn Conquerer conical bore, rimless bell |
one made to his specification, then changed to Zattola 66B |
| Rich Szabo | Schilke Holton Max Chicago Brass Works TSC |
Custom Greg Black RS2 |
| Jim Tamburini | Bb pre-war french Besson, Bb pre-war french Besson (cut down when in Philly to a C) |
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| Charles Teagarden | Getzen Eterna trumpet | |
| Clark Terry | Trumpet: Selmer Balanced (1953) Martin Committee, Fluegel: Selmer, Olds |
Giardinelli CT-1 trumpet, deep V (around 6 or 7) CT-1 Fluegelhorn, Giardinelli’s Artist Series Mouthpieces. (The abbreviation CT stands for his initials). |
| Andrea Tofanelli | Yamaha YTR 8345 Xeno trumpet. Yamaha customized YFH 6310Z flugelhorn Yamaha YTR 9830 Custom piccolo trumpet |
Gianni Amidei Heavyweight Custom for trumpet. Yamaha customized GP mouthpiece for piccolo trumpet. Bruno Tilz S1 Custom, Yamaha 7C4 and Courtois 7EW mouthpieces for flugelhorn |
| Charles Tolliver | Benge, Conn60B | |
| Guy Touvron | Selmer trumpets/cornet/flugelhorn. | Bach 3B On cornet : Selmer "V" cup |
| Dave Trigg | Yamaha 6310Z, now: Benge 1X and Benge CG trumpets |
Marcinkiewicz |
| Ray Triscari | 1951 Burbank Benge/Gold Info from Valdo Herby: He could not have played a 1951 Burbank Benge! Elden Benge moved to Burbank in August 1953. (He brought with him tons of ready-made bells from his brass works in Chicago) |
Callichio and Charlie Allen (Very shallow and narrow rim) Marcincewicz |
| Chris Tyle | LA Benge 3x long-model cornet, Blessing Artist cornet, Getzen Capri cornet |
Schilke 12 |
| Warren Vache | Benge long-model cornet (1970s) Yamaha student model cornet YCR631ox (now) Conn Vintage 1 Trumpet with Sterling Silver bell |
Warburton 5SV mouthpiece #6 backbore as a general rule carry a #7 and #8 backbore for situations where I need a brighter sound |
| Mike Vax | Trumpets: 1951 A beat up old “loaner” cornet from school. 1952-56 Olds Ambassador 1957-60 Olds Mendez 1961-65 Conn Constellation (Large bore Bach for a very short time.) 1966-69 Conn Constellation, Getzen Severinsen Model 1970-71 Schilke B-6, Martin Committee 1971-80 Conn 8B, Conn Director, prototype Conn MV (never put out) 1981-92 Schilke S-32 1993-2005 Yamaha Custom, Yamaha 6340, Yamaha 6335HSMV 2005 - Getzen 3001 MV Artist Model Flugelhorns: 1959-73 Olds 1973-78 Conn (made in Switzerland) 1978-80 Yamaha (intermediate) 1981-92 Cuesnon 1992-2005 Yamaha 631 2005 - Getzen 3895 (prototype with a gold brass bell) |
Before: Schilke 13A4a (24 years), Marcinkiewicz 12.2 Now: Yamaha 13A4a |
| Allen Vizzutti | Bach 72LT GP (in the 1970ies) Yamaha Heavy Wall |
Schilke Marcincewicz Allen Vizzuti Yamaha AV |
| Gert Vohwinkel | Martin Committee trumpet | |
| Derek Watkins | Smith-Watkins | Giardinelli 10s, Bach 3C (legit) |
| Lu Watters | Conn 80A cornet Martin Committees Selmer Balanced |
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| Scott Wendholdt | Bach 72* sterling bell, reverse leadpipe | Holton Collegiate |
| Peter Weuling | Buescher 400 trumpet, Blessing Super Artist cornet (all before 1947) |
Bach 6C for trumpet, Conn 4 for cornet |
| Kenny Wheeler | Trumpets: Smith-Watkins (most of time) an american version of a Besson trumpet (given him by Marvin Stamm) Weber flugelhorn |
Bach 3C on trumpet Flugelhorn, a German mouthpiece made by J.P.S. (trademark of Bopple, Jillich, and Rapp, Germany) |
| Liesl Whitaker | New York Bach | Purviance 8 (made by Bob Reeves) |
| Cootie Williams | Early Ellington: Conn 58B 'peashooter. Later Conn 40B. Conn Connstellation (in the 1960s and 1970s) |
Custom built, very small |
| Greg Wing | Bach 72/43 (commercial) Bach 37 Piccolo: Selmer 3c Flugel: Cousenon 3FL |
Old Purviance (commercial) Bach 3C |
| Wilmer Wise | Bb-Bach LB w/ 72* bell-regular weight body. C-Bach LB w/229G bell-25H leadpipe and a Bb tuning slide cut for the C. D- Bach Mt. Vernon 236 bell Eb-Bach NY 304 bell Piccolo Bb/A Yamaha 9830 Cuesnon Flugel |
Laskey 80 MD Laskey piccolo mouthpiece. |
| Snooky Young | Getzen trumpets | Custom Jet-Tone Custom Bob Reeves Al Cass |
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