hornguy

I have an old 1930 Bronx Bach.

Does anyone know if the early horns came with cases? If they did, has anyone ever seen one? I have seen vintage Bach cases from Mt Vernon and early Elkhart periods. I am a little curious about cases that went with the early horns?

fcirkse

Hello, I sent the Bach Loyalist site some photos of older Bach cases I had or still have and the pix are posted here:

BachLoyalist.com - Trumpet "Know Your Brasses"

There are 2 or 3 styles I've seen from that period shown there.

hornguy

Wow, thanks. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Robert Rowe

Fred --

One of my New York Bachs (I have a couple) is lacking the proper case. Just curious -- what is the "tariff" on one of these?

I'm not fanatical about matching up proper cases with respective horns, but it would be appropriate, in this case (I know -- awful pun).

Yr Fthfl Srvnt,
Robt

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fcirkse

Robt - Hail my friend!

The cases I have are embedded with brassy objects but I have seen them offered on Ebay for extremely outrageous prices. For the DIYer, if one had a nice old black case like any of those pictured, one could print the Bach logo and take it to an engraver and have a small plate made for $10-20 I would guess and then scratch it up with a brillo pad and -- viola -- there you have it! Only one's hairdresser would know...for sure...and as long as one didn't try to pass it off as original to a potential buyer, your vintage Bach would be perfectly happy with the "faux" case.

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