Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker

Kujo20

Couple more that I think fit the definition.

-Raw Brass Trumpets
-Possegger
-Marcinkiewicz
-Benchmark (I just recently heard about this maker...I don’t know too much about them)
-Inderbinen
-G&P Wind instruments
-AR Resonance

I finally remembered some European makers.

J. Jericho

@Dr-GO How do you like the Saturn water keys?

Dr GO

@J-Jericho said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@Dr-GO How do you like the Saturn water keys?

They're out of this world.

They perform rings around others.

Seriously: Amazingly easy to use, and release large volume spittle with amazing control and accuracy. They seem indestructible and are very easy to clean.

J. Jericho

@Dr-GO So they contain more water and consequently don't need to be used as often as other types, particularly Amado?

Tobylou8

I'll throw Fred Powell's name into the mix. Pretty sure he was instrumental ( ) in designing the Conn Vintage One. He has a very loyal following and is growing. He restored a Couesnon flugel for a friend and it sounds better than new. Here's a post from TH with some good info.
https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=143057#top

He also has a FB page but no website.
https://www.facebook.com/powellcustomtrumpets/

administrator

Schagerl.

Dr GO

@J-Jericho said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@Dr-GO So they contain more water and consequently don't need to be used as often as other types, particularly Amado?

They do pool more of a water drop when released. But I empty them about as frequently as compared to standard or Amado valves.

Dirk020

I have been playing a Franz Straub for years. He builded (don't know if he is still in business) his trumpets around a Bauernfeind valve machine, as Hub Van Laar did and Miel Adams does. It was a very good instrument.
I sold the Franz Straub for a trumpet with a non 72-ish bell

Willson makes his own valves as -I think- Spiri does, both Swiss musical instrument makers

This post is deleted!

barliman2001

@Kujo20 Gerd Dowids in Munich and Votruba in Vienna only make their own.

Trumpetsplus

There is some confusing and incorrect information about various trumpet brands in this thread. BTW here are some photos on this page of an ascending valve trumpet I finished in my South Salem, NY workshop last week.
http://www.jaegerbrass.com/jaeger-ascending-c.html

Dr GO

@Trumpetsplus said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

There is some confusing and incorrect information about various trumpet brands in this thread. BTW here are some photos on this page of an ascending valve trumpet I finished in my South Salem, NY workshop last week.
http://www.jaegerbrass.com/jaeger-ascending-c.html

Ivan! OMG it is so good to have you with us! Please make the corrections as you are the ultimate authority (utimate in case you missed the TM spelling). I anxiously await your corrections, Grand Master!

BigDub

@Dr-GO said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@Trumpetsplus said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

There is some confusing and incorrect information about various trumpet brands in this thread. BTW here are some photos on this page of an ascending valve trumpet I finished in my South Salem, NY workshop last week.
http://www.jaegerbrass.com/jaeger-ascending-c.html

Ivan! OMG it is so good to have you with us! Please make the corrections as you are the ultimate authority (utimate in case you missed the TM spelling). I anxiously await your corrections, Grand Master!
Doesn’t Ivan actually qualify as a maker of trumpets, bearing his name, that is, if you consider "Jaeger" to be the German word for Hunter?

administrator

Besides Monette, Harrelson, Getzen and Conn-Selmer (and the now defunct Kanstul), I do not know of any American trumpet makers that truly make 100% of components in-house (excluding spit valves, of course).

ACB

@administrator fyi Harrelson uses Carol Valves and other foreign components to his horns.

administrator

@ACB said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@administrator fyi Harrelson uses Carol Valves and other foreign components to his horns.

Thank you @ACB , I was not aware. It makes financial sense to do so, but proves the point that less and less companies are "100% homemade." I mean, Toyota uses a BMW engine in their new Supra!

Kujo20

So what does Bach and Schilke use? I was under the impression they made their own valves, blocks, bells, pipes, etc...

Is that not true?

Tobylou8

@administrator said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@ACB said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@administrator fyi Harrelson uses Carol Valves and other foreign components to his horns.

Thank you @ACB , I was not aware. It makes financial sense to do so, but proves the point that less and less companies are "100% homemade." I mean, Toyota uses a BMW engine in their new Supra!

Quite a few Supra purist are none too happy about that! Toyota's reasoning was that "purist" wanted a straight 6 engine. Okay. Then "purist" would also want it to be a Toyota engine! Toyota didn't want to spend the money on R&D for a low volume car. Also, only available in an automatic transmission!!! Yep, I agree it will be a low volume car.

Trumpetsplus

@Tobylou8 said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@administrator said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@ACB said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

@administrator fyi Harrelson uses Carol Valves and other foreign components to his horns.

Thank you @ACB , I was not aware. It makes financial sense to do so, but proves the point that less and less companies are "100% homemade." I mean, Toyota uses a BMW engine in their new Supra!

Quite a few Supra purist are none too happy about that! Toyota's reasoning was that "purist" wanted a straight 6 engine. Okay. Then "purist" would also want it to be a Toyota engine! Toyota didn't want to spend the money on R&D for a low volume car. Also, only available in an automatic transmission!!! Yep, I agree it will be a low volume car.

Not for large families!

cuivree

@administrator said in Trumpets Made ONLY by Their Maker:

Besides Monette, Harrelson, Getzen and Conn-Selmer (and the now defunct Kanstul), I do not know of any American trumpet makers that truly make 100% of components in-house (excluding spit valves, of course).

Kanstul isn't defunct - yet. They're still breathing, but the life support plug may be pulled at any moment.