In ieder geval IS een Leonore geen Benge, hij heet alleen maar zo.
Van de echte Benges zijn de Burbank Benges het meest gewild, lees: het meest consistent. Toen de productie naar LA verplaatst werd werd de kwaliteit wankeler.
Nadat Benge door UMI was opgeslokt werden er nog steeds min of meer echte Benges gemaakt nu onder de naam Burbank trumpets. Dit schrijft Tim Wendt erover:
The Burbank Trumpets are made using the original mandrels that Eldon used for the horns he made in Burbank, CA. Obviously Donald couldn't call them "Benge" trumpets because that name was sold when Leisure Time bought the line & name in early (not late) 70s. The original mandrels were copied and beefed up for mass production, leaving the originals in Donald's possession.
The Burbank horns have "1122 W. Burbank Ave" stamped on the bells (hence, the name "Burbank"), which was the address of Eldon's house / shop. That house is just down the street from the Costco in Burbank.
The Burbank trumpet line was expanded to include a short and long-bell model piccolo, a flugal with a 6.5" bell, a fixed-bell C/Eb trumpet, and a very limited run of Burbank C trumpets (I believe only 10 were made). I played 9 of them & picked the best of the bunch out for one of my (at the time) students.
Again, I play tested a whole lot of those horns before they were shipped. All of them played really well. Anyone looking for a good trumpet and who has a chance to try a Burbank should do so with no reservations about "is it a good horn or not?" - they are def worth giving a try.
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Tim Wendt / Kanstul Artist
http://kanstul.com/artistClinicians.php ... CliniciansDeze trompetten werden overigens (zoals vele "custom" trompetten) door Zig Kanstul gebouwd, zie Tim W.:
Zig has been making the Burbank line of trumpets since they were introduced, which I think was 1984. I was in the USAF Band at March AFB (Riverside CA) at that time and it was around then that I remember one of the guys in my section got one.
These were made using the original Burbank Benge mandrills. The models were designated with a number and "Star," which coincided with the Benge models.
There were 4 models: 3 Star (ML), 3 Star + (MLP), 5 Star (ML) & 6 Star (L).
Hier is iets ve website:
http://brassdealer.tripod.com/brassdealertemp/id30.htmlOverigens produceert Kanstul ook een paar modellen die als Benge-klonen worden beschouwd, de Chicago Bes trompetten type 1000 en 1001 maar daarover zijn de meningen verdeeld:
http://www.trumpetmaster.com/vb/f139/wh ... 83486.htmlOriginele in goede staat verkerende Benge's (dus vooral de in Burbank geproduceerde) zijn erg aan de prijs. Er staat er nu een op ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Benge-Burbank-T ... OSwKtlWjeSDe LA Benges gaan vaak voor zo'n 1000 tot 1500 dollar in goede staat.