Pride to show the high level craftsmanship that they had knowing how Mt. Vernon? Maybe but your bell most likely was made in Elkhart Indiana.įor what it’s worth, Bach expert/historian Roy Hempley told me that there was much pride in Elkhart and it is thought by many that these very early Elkhart horns were the equal to and perhaps even somewhat better that the Mt. My guess is that yours was produced late ’65 or sometime ’66, but not 1964. The factory shop card indicated that it’s production date is April 15, 1965. I own a new old stock Bach 37 cornet, absolute pristine. Paul, your 37 was manufacturer’s after 1965. Merger of UMI and Selmer into Conn-Selmer

Selmer Industries buys Steinway Musical PropertiesĪcquisition of United Musical Instruments Moved to 3rd factory621 East 216th Street 107 Stġst Mercury model trumpets using German Valve blocks. Vincent Bach 1st published Cornet Solos210 W. Vincent Bach designed and handcrafted his first mouthpieces. All information is copyright per the original owner/source. We’re always looking for more information/corrections to include, so please email us through our contact us link in the header. We decided to combine into a single timeline reference to better understand the instrument serial numbers vs. There are multiple sources for the Vincent Bach trumpet on the internet today.

Conn trumpet serial number gk620019