[TPIN] FS: Pre EBay: L.A. Benge Pocket Trumpet

[Byron Jones]

Lacquer B flat pocket trumpet, made in the '70s. Uses standard trumpet mouthpiece, not included. This is the original design. Actually a Benge ML twisted up tight. Plays like a real Benge 3X. Original lacquer with straight bell. Has minor wear at contact points, but no dents. Case is original and in great shape. That makes this one a collector. Serial number 275XX makes it manufactured around 1978. 

I will sell this horn for best offer of $1000 US, or better, plus actual shipping and insurance anywhere in the world (Except where prohibited, i.e.: Italy). This horn will be advertised on TPIN, Trumpet Herald, and other lists. One week before I put it on EBay.
The Trumpet Gearhead at Dallas Music says: 
"The famous Benge pocket trumpet was designed by Lou Duda, then an employee at Benge, dates to this period. The design has remained popular and UMI/Benge maintains the horn in their catalog. Zig Kanstul makes the nearly identical Kanstul and Burbank 5 star pocket trumpets. Lou Duda is the father of John Duda, formerly the brass specialist at Tulsa Band Instrument Co., and now one of the owners of Calicchio trumpets."

And:
"The famous and still much sought after Benge pocket trumpet was introduced in 1970, according to Donald Benge. In 1972, Zigmant Kanstul, after working at F.E. Olds & Son in Fullerton since the early 1950s, started to work for the company while in downtown Los Angeles, eventually becoming the shop foreman."

Photos will be sent on serious inquiry. 

Thanks

Byron Jones
Prairie Village, Kansas 66208