[TPIN] Benge Trumpets

[Fraser Hutchinson]

I have a LA Benge CG model. I think that is a 3x, correct? I know it has a
.468 bore. 

It is light as all heck.

What is a choke?

Fraser


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Fraser Hutchinson
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-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
Behalf Of Flip Oakes
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:45 PM
To: Robert Eye; jontrimble at suddenlink.net; tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: Re: [TPIN] Benge Trumpets

Jon,

Bob is correct...

The .453 bore was the #1X

The .460 bores were #2X, #3X, #4X, and #5X.

The .464 bores were 2X+, and 3X+

The .468 bores were 6X, the 6XCG had the .464 choke I the bell tailstock,
and it was a lighter gauge bell then the standard 6x.

The .470 bore was the #7X

Ralph Jones also has this posted at :  http://www.whc.net/rjones/Benge1.html

All The Best,

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on 2/1/07 3:26 PM, Robert Eye at ra_eye at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Jon,
> 
> Are you sure someone didn't stick a 5x bell on a 6x frame?
> Does the bell ferrule have a number on it, or is there just
> a number on the bell stamp?
> 
> Standard 5x's were 0.460". I don't recall that there was
> even a stock MLP 5x - not that you couldn't order one  ...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bob Eye
> Dallas, TX
> 
> --- jontrimble at suddenlink.net wrote:
> 
>> My Benge 5x  (L) is a .468. it dates around 76-77 seriel
>> number under 20K.
>> 
>> Jon Trimble
>> jontrimble at suddenlink.net
>> http://myspace.com/jontrimble
> 
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