| Hi all,
That Benge was recently restored by Kanstul Music for the owner who lives by me in Southern California. He and I have bought and traded trumpets for years and this was offered to me before the E-bay offer, but I was in the process of buying 3 NY Bach cornets, one with a long bell, and passed. Now I’m sorry I did.
I know the owner personally and he had a hard time deciding to put it on the market, but was “jonesing “for a NY Bach, sn 17xx, so he decided to sell. He too is now regretting his decision.
Zig really does some great restoration jobs, but he really doesn't promote it because it takes his best personnel off building his line of trumpets. It’s harder to repair them then to make them from new, fresh parts, so he needs his best craftsmen for a vintage restoration.
I saw the trumpet when it came in and when it went out and the change was amazing. Plus, Zig having been Eldon Benge's VP/shop manager, he knows Benge's inside and out and still has older Benge parts in the factory.
Zig has one of the first 5 Chicago Benges in a case at the Shop.
LG |