This instrument was a part of the Jack Coleman collection (a customer of mine since 1977), given by his widow to the Fiske Museum, Claremont, California in 2004 and now resides in the Musical Instrument Museum in Scottsdale, Arizona. Comment, To use picture in a post, paste this line. Kalashen was granted one US Patent in 1915, covering his design for interchangeable high and low pitch mouthpipes with a fixed crook and tuning tube on the end. Description, Length: 16.5in Engraved :MJ Kalashen Yankee New York On valves: P16268. He did sell European style rotary valve brass, but most are the styles that were more popular in the US in the early 20th century. This cornet was likely made in Europe before 1910.Īll the other instruments sold by Kalashen that I know of are very standard band and orchestra instruments that were popular at the time. The engraving on the front is a banner between two flowers and bares the information below. Kalashen, born in Russia in 1867, immigrated to New York in September of 1892 and was in the business of repairing musical instruments by 1903 and selling imported instruments shortly after that date. Antique M J Kalashen Trumpet with Case & Mouthpiece (Conn Stencil Trumpet) 1930s. You might want to count on having to have this horn adjusted and possibly repadded by a good Sax Technician to get it into top form.It is very playable, although with the odd little mouthpiece, it's hard to judge just how good it is. Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens Book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs.

The Buescher True Tone is an excellent horn, and during this period, I think that the Buescher stencils were of a higher quality in general due to the fact that they were made more faithfully to the original designs and construction quality than a lot of other maker's Stencil lines.Your horn should turn out to be a superb player, with a wonderful sound. I don't have my references where I am located at present, so I can't lock down an exact date of manufactuer, however I am certain it is around the early to mid 1920's.I collect all makes of vintage horns, and favor Conn's, however I think that you are all the more fortunate that it turned out to be a True Tone, rather than a New Wonder series I. Yankees righty David Hale is suddenly throwing 96 mph and he doesnt know how. Hi Joford,I would say that you can be most confident that this horn is indeed a Buescher True Tone stencil horn. Why this under-the-radar Yankee could surprise.

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