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Old 12-13-2008, 08:48 AM   #1
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Benge C Trumpet

Hi All:

I'm on the hunt for a used C trumpet. I tend to favor vintage horns (probably because I'm "vintage" myself). E-bay has a circa 1970 Burbank Benge MLP C with a starting price of $1399.00. It looks to be in really good shape. Is anyone familiar with this horn and can offer any advice. It can be found in the vintage section under brass instruments on e-bay. Here's a link:
Burbank Benge MLP C trumpet - Silver - MINT - eBay (item 160302304222 end time Dec-13-08 20:30:03 PST)

Any advice would be appreciated.

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Re: Benge C Trumpet

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Hi All:

I'm on the hunt for a used C trumpet. I tend to favor vintage horns (probably because I'm "vintage" myself). E-bay has a circa 1970 Burbank Benge MLP C with a starting price of $1399.00. It looks to be in really good shape. Is anyone familiar with this horn and can offer any advice. It can be found in the vintage section under brass instruments on e-bay. Here's a link:
Burbank Benge MLP C trumpet - Silver - MINT - eBay (item 160302304222 end time Dec-13-08 20:30:03 PST)

Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards,
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I saw that horn and thought that if I were looking, and if I could get it for close to the starting price, I'd be pretty happy... assuming everything is on the up-and-up. I love my LA version of that horn
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Re: Benge C Trumpet

From Jim Donaldson: "In December 1970, Donald Benge sold the company to Leisure Time Industries and production was moved from the Benge garage to a small shop in downtown Los Angeles in the back of Lockie Music, also owned by Leisure Time."

Obviously, that sentence is not the whole story. I saw the date of the horn's build, and I thought it a very late Burbank. I'm no expert.

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Re: Benge C Trumpet

I have played a Benge, but not a Burbank. I have found the Burbank to not be the equivalent of the later or earlier Benges.
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