MARTIN 1929 DANSANT TRUMPET SERVICED COMPRESSION EXCELLENT PRECURSOR OF MARTIN IMPERIAL COMMITTEE

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MARTIN 1929 DANSANT TRUMPET SERVICED COMPRESSION EXCELLENT PRECURSOR OF MARTIN IMPERIAL COMMITTEE

1 SERVICED BY TECH

2 LAC ALMOST GONE IN PLACES BUT GIVES IT A SMOKEY JAZZ BAR ROOM LOOK

3 CAN PLAY IN “A” 

4 TUNING SILDE HAS TWO SLIDES AND A LITTLE WHEEL YOU CAN TURN TO STOP
THE INNER TUNING SLIDE FOR ADJUSTMENT ( I NEVER SAW ONE OF THESE WHEELS ON A TRUMPET PRETTY NEAT )

5 THE COMPRESSION TESTS AND AIR TEST WERE ALL GREAT.
NO SIDE PLAY IN THE VALVES. NO AIR ESCAPING WHEN I HELD DOWN THE VALVE AND I TOOK OFF EACH SLIDE AND BLOW INTO THE LEAD PIPE.
THE ALL AIR TEST WAS GREAT ALSO. ( WHEN YOU TAKE OFF 1ST SLIDE AND HOLD DOWN THE 3 VALVE BUTTONS AND BLOW CLOSING THE CORRESPONDING 1ST VALVE OPENING )( SEE PICS OF VALVES )
VALVE SERIAL NUMBERS MATCH THE CORNET SERIAL.

7 LOOKS TO HAVE TWO FORMER REPAIRS ON THE BACK BRACE TO THE LEAD PIPE AND ON THE INNER TUNING SLIDE UPPER HALF. lOOKS CLEAN IF IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. ( HORN LOOKS STRAIGHT AND LEAD PIPE STRAIGHT ) ONE LITTLE TIT ON THE 2ND SLIDE IS MISSING NO BIGGY WILL NOT AFFECT SOUND OF TRUMPET. SEE PICS

8 COMES WITH A NO NAME MOUTHPIECE ( OK BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOUTHPIECES ! I DID AND THE TRUMPET SEEMS MOUTHPIECE SENSITIVE. PLUS I AM NOT A VERY GOOD TRUMPET PLAYER BUT THE SOUND WITH THE RIGHT MPC REALLY JUMPS OUT OF THIS TRUMPET. THE LOW NOTES WHERE FULL ALSO SUGGESTING FINE COMPRESSION. )

9 COMES WITH A PLASTIC KANSTUL CASE THAT IS DECENT NO SMELL ON IT.

10 THE TRUMPET HAS NO FOUL SMELL EITHER.  SMELLS CLEAN NO BAD ODOR !!

11 THERE WERE FEW DENTS ON THE CROOK OF TUNING SLIDE MY TEC TOOK OUT

12 VALVES SEEM TO BE ALIGNED PROPERLY.  I CHECKED AT THE SECOND SLIDE AND IT LOOKED
LIKE GOOD ALIGNMENT ( OF COURSE AS A PLAYER YOU MAY WANT TO FINE TUNE IT. )

NOTES FROM MARTIN AD

They have 4.25″ bells and are 19″ long. The bore sizes found so far are 0.435″ & 0.448″.

Martin Band Instrument Co. Handcraft Dansant Trumpet Elkhart, Indiana 1923 – 1932 “New Martin Trumpet Makes Debut” The June 9th, 1923 edition of The Music Trades had this announcement to make. “Elkhart, Ind., June 4 – The Martin Band Instrument Co. has introduced a new trumpet which is scoring very heavily with musicians and the trade generally. It is known as the Dansant model and is in Bb and A. It has a new bore and taper and the tone is unusually brilliant and flexible.

New York trumpeter Vincent C. Bruno wrote, “I want to record herewith my admiration for the new Martin trumpet, which I have been playing recently. I have performed on it for the last week or two at all the concerts of the Damrosch Orchestra, of which I am a member. The instrument is satisfactory from all standpoints. It is free and easy blowing, well in tune, and of superior tonal quality. I am happy to say that I am so pleased with the instrument that I have adopted it for future use.” Vincent Carmine Bruno was born in Italy in 1875 and came to Brooklyn in 1890 as a musician. He was a studio player for Columbia Graphophone, played for the Damrosch Orchestra, and later was a studio teacher. He died in Brooklyn in 1965 after a long career in music.

The past year or two has seen a tremendous advance of the trumpet in importance and popularity. Knowing this, the designers and builders of the new Martin trumpets were inspired to an achievement that will, we predict, remain forever unsurpassed, the new Martin Dansant and Symphony trumpets representing as near perfection in musical and mechanical excellence as is humanly possible to attain.” Music Trade Review, November, 1924

I TRIED TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO DESCRIBE THE ITEM !