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Originally Posted by schilke b6 My father, who knew Mr. Benge, told me he pronounced it to him in the German way...
Ben-ge as in Por-she two separate syllables. Ben geh with a hard G on the geh.
But is it important?
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So it's BenGay like the ointment
And no, it's not important... I had been pronouncing it like 'Bing' Crosby and the local horn shop guys were talking about 'Benj' so I was just curious. Next time I'm there I'll ask David if I can play that 'BenGay' trumpet and see how he reacts
