cornytrumpet

Can someone help me!

An old cornet in excellent shape. The bell says "Melodie Wurlitzer USA" the serial number is A7690.

How can I find out how old it is?

Has anyone heard of this horn? and if so, any pros, cons

I cannot find anything on this horn!!!

Help

blowhard

Just bought one myself but know little about it. Maybe someone could give us a couple of facts and figures. Age? Value? Common? Was also wondering if the plating on it is nickle

W Scott

Well, what little I know I've mostly gleaned from talking to other folks and reading old articles. Wurlitzer is a old company and was making cornets all the way back in the 1860's. Wurlitzer cornets continued to be made up to about 1930, when the depression seemed to finish them off. Many of them seem to have a nickle finish. Second hand reports from other players indicate that, when restored and ready to play, they are medium resistance horns with a deep, rich cornet type tone. The quality of the horn doesn't appear to have been as good as the Strattons or the Boston company. They seem to have been more of a horn for the working folk instead of the working musicians.