| Hi,
Around 1900, at the peak of the brass band craze that swept the Western world, Couesnon was the largest exporter of band instruments in the world.
They surely made tons and tons of horns in a dizzying array of models and variations. They also were a leading maker of "stencil" horns (instruments to be sold by small, independent retailers with the retailer's "brand" on it).
Couesnon was also a very early leader in high pitched trumpets (C, D, Eb, F, piccolo trumpets, etc.) within their Monopole flagship line and offered these horns when virtually nobody else did!
Some Couesnon instruments are very good players . . . some versions, of course, were terrible. Many were in-between. Lots of time too, the workmanship was inconsistent.
Your 1922 trumpet is from their excellent early period. Let us know how it plays . . . after you get a precision valve alignment on it. You might be really, really pleased!
Sincerely,
Tom Turner |