josueffn

Anyone know if this is worth anything. I saw it at a flea market and want to know what to offer them. The valves and slides are all stuck so it's not in playing condition... Thanks. Josue'

MFfan

Hi, never heard of that brand of trumpet, all I could find by googling was a mention of a Henton-Knecht music store in Philadelphia, during and interview with trombonist Bill Pearce. Maybe it is a stencil of some sort. Could you describe it further. Probably photos are not a possibility? Could not find anything on Horn-u-copia either. There was a google thread on an old Canadian ebay auction for a Benal Henton Knecht sax. Maybe someone else will chip in tomorrow.

__________________
Dave Rafferty
07 Barrington Trumpet
55 Besson 8-10 trumpet
52-55? Roth by Reynolds Cornet
73 Olds Ambassador Cornet
? Czech small bore Trumpet
Getzen 80 cornet
66 Olds Ambassador Trumpet
www.kalamazooconcertband.org

screamingmorris

I posted a reply to your other post a couple of days ago at
http://www.trumpetmaster.com/vb/f148...all-39655.html (Hello ya all)

I did a Google search:

"I thought I would take this opportunity to ask a question
about a trumpet I have. It is a 'Benal' from a music company called Henton Knecht. Here is what I know about it so far.
Ben Henton and Albert Knecht used to play in John Sousa's Band in thelate 1800's early 1900's, they were both Saxophone player's.
They also had a music store in the Harrisburg, PA area.
The serial number is 012815 , I have been told by a gentleman in PA who used to own a music store from the 20's till the 80's that it would navebeen made around the 10's to 20's.
The company that actually made the trumpet (Conn I believe) sold them to Henton and Knecht and was stamped with the Benal logo after manufacture."
[TPIN] Benal Trumpet, possibly a C# trumpet??

Also see:
Specifications on instrument #

If "Mn" means "Minnesota", I lived in Minneapolis in the early 1980's.
When I returned for a visit in the late 1990's I hardly recognized the place it had changed so much.

- Morris

wiseone2

My first trumpet, a Conn, was purchased from the Albert Knecht Music store in Philadelphia.
Donald Reinhardt had a studio in the store.
Wilmer

__________________
Be sure Brain is engaged before putting Mouthpiece in gear.
S.Suark 1951

MFfan

[quote=screamingmorris;371915]I posted a reply to your other post a couple of days ago at
http://www.trumpetmaster.com/vb/f148...all-39655.html (Hello ya all)

I did a Google search:

"I thought I would take this opportunity to ask a question
about a trumpet I have. It is a 'Benal' from a music company called Henton Knecht. Here is what I know about it so far.
Ben Henton and Albert Knecht used to play in John Sousa's Band in thelate 1800's early 1900's, they were both Saxophone player's.
They also had a music store in the Harrisburg, PA area.
The serial number is 012815 , I have been told by a gentleman in PA who used to own a music store from the 20's till the 80's that it would navebeen made around the 10's to 20's.
The company that actually made the trumpet (Conn I believe) sold them to Henton and Knecht and was stamped with the Benal logo after manufacture."
[TPIN] Benal Trumpet, possibly a C# trumpet??

Also see:
Specifications on instrument #

If "Mn" means "Minnesota", I lived in Minneapolis in the early 1980's.
When I returned for a visit in the late 1990's I hardly recognized the place it had changed so much.

- Morris[/quote

Thanks, Morris . My thinking was sort of in that direction. Seems like newly found "stencil sellers" are turning up all the time. Thanks for Wilmer's input, also. I guess there must have been a number of factors involved for a music business to decide on selling there "own" brand name instruments, like any other profit/loss assessment. obviously it was very prevelant back in those days, less so today, at least in that format. I am curious as to what a C# trumpet was that was referred to.

__________________
Dave Rafferty
07 Barrington Trumpet
55 Besson 8-10 trumpet
52-55? Roth by Reynolds Cornet
73 Olds Ambassador Cornet
? Czech small bore Trumpet
Getzen 80 cornet
66 Olds Ambassador Trumpet
www.kalamazooconcertband.org