[TPIN] BENGE QUESTION/Bell thickness

[Glenn Bengry]

Paddy,
 
     I don't think .017 is very thin really. New York Bachs were thinner than that. I've also had some of my own Bach bells thinned out Although I am a cynic.  I doubt that very many trumpets made in factory environments would measure out to exact specifications very often.  I wonder if we measured 20 CG's, how many of them would be .017 bell thickness and .464 bore at the tail.(That goes for the multitude of other professional trumpets out there too   not just Benge.  But, since most of us don't have access to a lot of instruments to measure and most of us don't have the measuring  devices  we'll never know.  Once again its just my theory. 
 
glenn
x> > Joe knows what he's talking about... I've read his dissertation on Benge ;). > The CG (and I love my CG) also has a thinner bell (0.017) than the other> Benges, which are already very light. If you look at the bell, it dents. > OTOH, dents are easily pushed out with a fingertip.> > Ken - CG Benges are so light, they really don't even make a good door stop or> paperweight, so you should send that horn to me for proper disposal.> > Patrick Olguin> 1980 CG Benge> 1977 Olds Flugel> Zig Kanstul is my friend> > --- trptjoe at aol.com wrote:> > > A CG (Claude Gordon) Benge is technically a large bore .468 bore (they're> > stamped with an L), but the section of the bell that comes out of the 1st> > valve is a .464 bore. Kind of like squeezing the hose so that the water comes> > out with more force. You'll sometimes see them referred to as .468/.464> > trumpets. They are neither 6X nor 7X nor any-other-X. No model number is> > stamped on the bell.> >