Wm. Frank Co. mouthpieces?

hrnlip · 05-11-2004, 08:03 PM

Has anyone ever heard of these? Received it from an estate sale along with a few other older pieces of which I am still trying to identify. No small letter Mt. Vernons in the bunch!
Anyway, the piece has stamped on the side "Wm. Frank Co. - Chicago, Il.", and it looks like the size on it is a "21"??
Any info.?

MUSICandCHARACTER · 05-12-2004, 12:57 AM

I don't know any more than you do. I like to know as much as a can to keep my mouthpiece chart up to date with any and all info.

The only thing I found was another one for sale at:
http://www.brassinstrumentworkshop.com/mouthpieces.html

M&C

trumpettodd · 04-12-2008, 11:20 PM

Hi there, I hope that you still see this post, it's been several years now. I have the same mouthpiece, but a model "20". I can't give an exact date, but the trumpet it came with hasn't been played since the early 60's and was made in the 20's. I have some history of the trumpet mine came with if you would like to know.

trumpettodd · 04-12-2008, 11:56 PM

I found out one other bit of info right now, just a little bio on William Frank.

William Frank (b. 1876 Allentown, PA - 1932 Chicago) worked for Holton and in 1910 established his own business in Chicago. At one time, he had a work
force of 32. He used American Prep and Belmore as tradenames.

That is all I could find on it though.

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trumpettodd New Friend Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	Re: Wm. Frank Co. mouthpieces? Hi there, I hope that you still see this post, it's been several years now. I have the same mouthpiece, but a model "20". I can't give an exact date, but the trumpet it came with hasn't been played since the early 60's and was made in the 20's. I have some history of the trumpet mine came with if you would like to know.
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trumpettodd New Friend Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2	Re: Wm. Frank Co. mouthpieces? I found out one other bit of info right now, just a little bio on William Frank. William Frank (b. 1876 Allentown, PA - 1932 Chicago) worked for Holton and in 1910 established his own business in Chicago. At one time, he had a work force of 32. He used American Prep and Belmore as tradenames. That is all I could find on it though.
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