This trumpet was made by made by Getzen Company in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, around 1960-1961. It is a B-flat trumpet, Super Deluxe Getzen model, serial #G3568, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved:
Super Deluxe Getzen Elkhorn, Wis. Tone Balanced
Manuel Marcos Barragan, Jr. (1951-1980), a member from of an old circus family, used this trumpet as the clown, “Zapata,” in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
This trumpet was made by Getzen Company, Inc. in Elkhorn, Wisconsin in 1963. It is a B-flat slide trumpet made of brass and nickel plate. This instrument is really a soprano trombone but sold as a slide trumpet by the manufacturer. This trumpet is engraved:
Getzen DELUXE ELKHORN -WIS-
A 1959 Getzen advertisement for this instrument, with the endorsement of American jazz trumpeter Bobby Hackett indicates, “Cornet players…trumpet players…trombone players…beginners too - for those new effects that are impossible with any other instrument, get this sensational musical instrument, same true tone as ANY trumpet, with full range and accurate A-440 pitch. Ruggedly built of brass, polished and lacquered, Getzen-guaranteed…Easy to play-learn quickly with furnished instruction book.
Same slide principle as standard trombone, with slide positions plainly marked on outside slide. Lightning action, tunable, any mouthpiece fits. At music dealers, or write us.”
This trumpet was made by Getzen Company, Inc. in Elkhorn, Wisconsin in 1963. It is a B-flat slide trumpet made of brass and nickel plate. This instrument is really a soprano trombone but sold as a slide trumpet by the manufacturer. It is engraved:
GETZEN ELKHORN -WIS-
A 1959 Getzen advertisement for this instrument, with the endorsement of American jazz trumpeter Bobby Hackett indicates, “Cornet players…trumpet players…trombone players…beginners too - for those new effects that are impossible with any other instrument, get this sensational musical instrument, same true tone as ANY trumpet, with full range and accurate A-440 pitch. Ruggedly built of brass, polished and lacquered, Getzen-guaranteed…Easy to play-learn quickly with furnished instruction book.
Same slide principle as standard trombone, with slide positions plainly marked on outside slide. Lightning action, tunable, any mouthpiece fits. At music dealers, or write us.”
This trumpet was made by Georges Leblanc in Paris, France around 1960 to1965. It is a 770 Conrad Gozzo B-flat trumpet, serial #16674, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved:
G.LEBLANC PARIS
(and on bell):
Gozzo
autographed model
This trumpet was previously owned by Charles James “Charlie” Shavers (1920-1971), an American jazz trumpeter, who performed with jazz greats such as, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, and Lucky Millinder.
Conrad J. Gozzo (1922–1964) was an American trumpet player. He was a highly respected lead trumpeter and greatly in demand as a studio musician performing with music luminaries as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Pete Rugolo, and Henry Mancini.
This trombone was made by made by Meinl & Lauber in Gartenberg, Germany in 1969. It is a B-flat tenor slide trombone. This trombone is made of brass. It is a reproduction instrument patterned after an instrument by Sebastian Heinlein in 1627, Nurnberg. This trombone is inscribed:
SEBASTIAN HAINLEIN NURNBERG COPIERT MEINL & LAUBER GARTENBWERG BAYERN
This trombone was made by F. E. Olds & Son in Fullerton, California, in 1967. It is a B-flat Recording tenor model trombone, serial #622907. This trombone is made of brass with a red brass bell and trim. Accessioned with mouthpiece, case and accessories. The trombone is inscribed:
OLDS RECORDING MADE BY F.E. OLDS & SON FULLERTON CALIF.
This trombone was made by Conn in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1969. It is a valve model trombone, serial #M76252. Accessioned with a soft canvas case. This trombone is inscribed:
CG CONN LTD Victor USA
This trombone was previously owned and used by William Russo (1928-2003), American composer, arranger, musician, teacher, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Russo composed more than 200 pieces for jazz orchestra. Throughout his career, Russo work included collaborations with Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Stan Kenton, Cannonball Adderley, Yehudi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Cleo Laine, and Billie Holiday.
Made of molded brown plastic with metal trim. The inside is lined with brown plush. Accessories inside the case include: Olds trombone mouthpiece, lyre, tube of Trombotine, cleaning wire with brush ends, and a bottle of Sure Slick trombone slide lubricant. (empty). Accessioned with an Olds trombone (Cat. #2015.0150.02.01)
Accompanying this brass ear trumpet is a note from Irene Amato, which reads: “This ugly instrument has been made obsolete by the genius of Dr. Julius Lampert from a grateful patient.” Julius Lempert (1891-1968) was born in Poland, moved to the United States in his teens, became a physician, established the Lempert Institute of Otology in New York, and developed an operation for relieving deafness, at least in some cases.
Ref: George Tieman & Co., American Armamentarium Chirurgicum (New York, 1879), p. 52.
