Wow!! That is a Jim Dandy double-belled euphonium!! Look at all of that engraving!! And the case looks in excellent shape. Is that the original case?
Now then, let me know when you get ready to sell it!!
John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,
1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:
Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
2007 Besson Prestige 2052, 3D+ K&G mouthpiece; JP373 baritone, 4B modified K&G mouthpiece; Bach 42GO trombone, T4C K&G mouthpiece; 1973 Besson New Standard 3 compensated valves, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece; Wessex French C tuba, 3D+ K&G modified mouthpiece.
What a gorgeous horn! Just WOW!
Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
I'll echo what everyone else has said. Thanks for sharing this info and photos of this beautiful horn Steve! A really cool piece of euphonium history, and that engraving is so cool.
So, between forums, ancestry.com and other google search results I've finally located this horns origin. Here are a couple of more pics I've taken today. One shows the engraving with Made By Conn Elkhart, IND Thos D. Van Osten. Another pic showing the engravers "Stenberg Eng". I also included a better pic (than the one in a case).
thanks for all the comments
Wow again! Steve, I need to know your exact physical address and the times when you are not at home and leave your front door unlocked and this euphonium in plain sight!! I jest, of course, but my goodness that is a fine instrument. How does it play? You say your father and your sons played it, do you?
John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,
1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:
Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)
I really like pretty horns! Nice engraving reminds me of fine coinage, but bigger.
DG
Thanks Steve for the additional pictures. Beautiful engraving!
I found a link with more information about the Stenberg brothers who did a lot of the engraving for C.G. Conn.
The Museum of Musical Instrument Engraving:
http://momie.org/thestenbergbrothershistory.html
Last edited by RickF; 01-12-2022 at 10:56 AM.
Rick Floyd
Miraphone 5050 - Warburton BJ / RF mpc
YEP-641S (recently sold)
Doug Elliott - 102 rim; I-cup; I-9 shank
"Always play with a good tone, never louder than lovely, never softer than supported." - author unknown.
Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches
El Cumbanchero (Raphael Hernandez, arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Chorale and Shaker Dance (John Zdechlik)
Rick - that is interesting about the Stenberg brothers. And the site itself is interesting. Can you imagine working at a company for 60-70 years?
John Morgan
The U.S. Army Band (Pershing's Own) 1971-1976
Adams E3 Custom Series Euphonium, 1956 B&H Imperial Euphonium,
1973 F. E. Olds & Son Studio Model T-31 BaritoneAdams TB1 Tenor Trombone, Yamaha YBL-822G Bass Trombone
Year Round Except Summer:
Kingdom of the Sun (KOS) Concert Band, Ocala, FL (Euphonium)Summer Only:
KOS Brass Quintet (Trombone, Euphonium)
Rapid City Municipal Band, Rapid City, SD (Euphonium)
Rapid City New Horizons Band (Euphonium)