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MrA2You · 07-04-2008, 07:34 PM

Well aint it strange how things develop???? Following on from the info offered I started foraging through the Huttl undergrowth. Starting with HuC where there was indeed a picci of an identical trumpet called the Super Deluxe (albeit in better condition than mine.... in fact it looks brand new..... take a look ..... Horn-u-copia - Huttl Trumpets ). Googling Huttl Super Deluxe unearthed another revelation to me!!!!! Horst Fischer!!!!!!!!! I never heard of the guy but he may be worth a bit of a look at if yr into MF or Chase!!! Heres the reply that was posted on some other forum (TPIN) that led me there and it also threw some light on my owd Selmer/Huttl Sterling Super/Super DeLuxe!! ( and I have to agree with the author. its a nice blow and quite mellow and quite a heavyweight).

QUOTE:

Mike -
Not sure. I can tell you this: I paid about $250 for mine a few years ago,
in a heated auction on eBay. It ended up costing me more because it came
from Canada (I'm from USA), and since it was originally a German horn, I had
to pay an import tariff. I sunk another $100 into it, getting dents out,
etc., and I still consider a reasonably good deal. It was considered a pro
horn when it was made back in the fifties/sixties, if I remember correctly.
However, watch that you don't buy the Chris-Krait Huttl Super-Deluxe (it's
stamped that way on the bell). It was licensed by Huttl to be made in New
Jersey, and is supposedly inferior to its German counterpart. (Although, I
owned one of those, too, when I was in high school, and it worked just fine
for me at that level).

It's a pretty nice horn. I love the third valve trigger, and wonder why
they don't make them ALL that way. The tone is nice - I think more mellow
than brassy. I've read comments form a number of players who use it as a
jazz combo horn, and compare it to a cornet. It's a heavy horn, partly
because of a very attractive two-piece bell (brass, with a nickel-silver
ring around the outermost flair). It slots okay, and plays fairly well in
tune, although I have a little trouble getting it to speak in the highest
registers. That could be me - from my research, I learned that there was an
internationally famous German artist from the fifties/sixties named Horst
Fischer who was a high-note artist, and considerd a "Maynard" in his own
right.

Hope this is some help. And since I've moved on to a Selmer Concept TT that
I consider the greatest horn in the world, I'd be happy to consider all
reasonable offers for the Huttl!

-Scott Ruhe, Twinsburg, OH

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07-04-2008, 07:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
MrA2You New Friend Join Date: May 2008 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 34	Re: 1950s Selmer Well aint it strange how things develop???? Following on from the info offered I started foraging through the Huttl undergrowth. Starting with HuC where there was indeed a picci of an identical trumpet called the Super Deluxe (albeit in better condition than mine.... in fact it looks brand new..... take a look ..... Horn-u-copia - Huttl Trumpets ). Googling Huttl Super Deluxe unearthed another revelation to me!!!!! Horst Fischer!!!!!!!!! I never heard of the guy but he may be worth a bit of a look at if yr into MF or Chase!!! Heres the reply that was posted on some other forum (TPIN) that led me there and it also threw some light on my owd Selmer/Huttl Sterling Super/Super DeLuxe!! ( and I have to agree with the author. its a nice blow and quite mellow and quite a heavyweight). QUOTE: Mike - Not sure. I can tell you this: I paid about $250 for mine a few years ago, in a heated auction on eBay. It ended up costing me more because it came from Canada (I'm from USA), and since it was originally a German horn, I had to pay an import tariff. I sunk another $100 into it, getting dents out, etc., and I still consider a reasonably good deal. It was considered a pro horn when it was made back in the fifties/sixties, if I remember correctly. However, watch that you don't buy the Chris-Krait Huttl Super-Deluxe (it's stamped that way on the bell). It was licensed by Huttl to be made in New Jersey, and is supposedly inferior to its German counterpart. (Although, I owned one of those, too, when I was in high school, and it worked just fine for me at that level). It's a pretty nice horn. I love the third valve trigger, and wonder why they don't make them ALL that way. The tone is nice - I think more mellow than brassy. I've read comments form a number of players who use it as a jazz combo horn, and compare it to a cornet. It's a heavy horn, partly because of a very attractive two-piece bell (brass, with a nickel-silver ring around the outermost flair). It slots okay, and plays fairly well in tune, although I have a little trouble getting it to speak in the highest registers. That could be me - from my research, I learned that there was an internationally famous German artist from the fifties/sixties named Horst Fischer who was a high-note artist, and considerd a "Maynard" in his own right. Hope this is some help. And since I've moved on to a Selmer Concept TT that I consider the greatest horn in the world, I'd be happy to consider all reasonable offers for the Huttl! -Scott Ruhe, Twinsburg, OH UN-QUOTE. Last edited by MrA2You; 07-04-2008 at 08:22 PM.