terribleswede3

Help! I have a 1923 Conn silver trumpet with a rotary tuning slide, plus a traditional slide. Any idea of the model?

Chuckledoo

It's most likely a 22B. I had a 22B from 1924 for a few years and really enjoyed it--highly underrated horns, IMO. If you have a pair of calipers, you can measure the bore at the second valve slide to be sure, since yours is from before Conn stamped model numbers on the mouthpiece receiver. .433" is a 22B. If it's not .433", feel free to send me an email with pics at cpletcher2 [at] gmail [dot] com.

Good luck! Vintage Conns are great horns.

MFfan

Does it have a "pinky hook"? The 3B New Wonder from 26-32 on Connloyalist has a tuning slide with a rotary. The 26B of 1923 features both a tuning slide with a rotary and a regular one, as you describe. That one also has no pinky hook. The 27 B was the high pitch version.
Here is what Conn said. " The 26B trumpet possesses the same bore as the popular 2B but is built of a little heavier gauge brass for the players who like to put"steam"behind their performance. It also has the advantage of being somewhat lower in price. For Symphony and concert playing, here is a beautiful instrument." Take a look at the listed ones on Connloyalist site.

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