Posts made by zetka

@ConnDirectorFan I asked the seller and he answered, that it is some NOS, most probably from the late production, this was the reason about the higher pricing as well, it is an official shop. BTW, there are some of the NOS Amati ATR 6xx for sale visible.
https://aukro.cz/mistrovska-trubka-amati-atr-606s-model-laco-deczi-nehrana-7066532481

@ConnDirectorFan BTW, it seems that the 7DW was still produced lately, I saw them sold for about 40USD on czech Aukro auction server now
(https://aukro.cz/natrubek-pro-trumpetu-amati-7dw-7057773410 ).
Those are with the bottom shape looking like Yamaha MPCs.

@ConnDirectorFan BTW, here are pictures from my collection, there are all MPC from AMATI. One is sure old (2), those single numbered I could not remember to be sold in the 80ies. The 7DW and the 7EW are newer ones. There is a big difference in the sharp edge of the 7DW against the 7EW with the curved inner edge. On the other hand, the circular traces as some residuum of the lathe knife are seen as wel.

@ConnDirectorFan BTW, the man on the picture left is a well known trumpet (cornet) player, actor Jiří Jelínek. He was very popular in the 60ies and when Louis Armstrong concerted in Prague in 1965, he performed for him in the Semafor theatre. Link is here .

@ConnDirectorFan Unique prospects! I am having some of the Amati trumpet older MPCs, by my amateur feeling they were made more by the older VB flatter rim (my subjective feel). I know some of the unusual ones such as the double cup H2W (something like Selmer Special), but I did not meet the RM1. As far as I have few RMs Made in the USA and Made in England and although they have the same description, they are quite different in size and look (17C,19C and some 18M). Do you have the MPC prospect complete to see it in full? I miss there the some of the standard ones, such as 1, 1C, 1 1/2C etc. I miss there the 7E, 7CW etc. I played them about 40 years ago in the 80s and I am returning to them to find, that they are really not bad sounding.

@ConnDirectorFan All given links contains quite complete and really invaluable material, because even in Amati itself they do not collect those old paper history prospects from communist era, so unfortunately you can not dig any more information about certain model from the old production there. It is very evident, that the export of AMATI musical instruments was very important for the company and the state itself as a source of foreign currency, which was a great need.

@Jolter The problem what I know is, that AMATI quite often made in 80s and 90s OEM instruments under different brands as well (Lignatone, Corton, York, Supertone, some instruments for B/H Besson etc), although they were mostly students instruments. I think that even Cerveny horns were marked and sold in those times under the Amati brand, although the Cerveny factory was focused mostly on cylinder instruments and they were made not in the main factory in Kraslice but in Hradec Králové. So the design of the instrument is primary, no matter of branding.

I am a Czech, so although I am not a music professional, I can try to be helpful, so feel free to ask.
BR,
zetka.