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Item:201737842275RARE — Vintage 1939~'40 Odell Trumpet, from Vega!. ITEM IS USED — FOR RESTORATION ~~~ • ~~~ [] R A R E [] 1939~'40 Odell Trumpet from the Vega Co., Boston MA (The Odel is said to be a Pedler & Sons stencil of the American Triumph model .) S/N 362xx, in generally decent shape, but does need much attention in many places, and has dings/dents. The pictures will help tell the general condition. ** The bell braces will need replacing, or at least need to be re-soldered, and some slides are stuck. ** The valves do function, but will need checking and/or adjusting, and there are other condition and finish issues. ** The image (contact sheet) is rather large, with an image size of 5524 x 3168 pixels, but I don’t know just what eBay’s pic upload thingy did to the actual size. ** Use eBay’s eMail to ask for individual uploads. The finger buttons do, however, have pearl inlays, and the instrument length is 19.75", with a bell diameter of 4.5". Everything's there, though, so it's still worthy. Case: Yes, but the case also has issues. <sigh> # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # [Some history about "Vega" horns…] David Hall was a bandleader, keyed bugle player, and eventually an instrument maker. 1861 - Hall studies horn making with the famous early maker Joseph Allen. 1862 - Hall starts his own instrument manufacturing. 1866 - Hall joined with the Quinby Brothers to make the Quinby & Hall brand instruments. 1870 - The elderly E.G. Wright (of Wright AND Boston Musical Mfg. fame) left the Boston company and joined on. The name now was called "Hall, Quinby, Wright & Co”, BUT NOT FOR LONG… 1871 - Wright died. The name reverted to "Hall & Quinby." 1876 - Hall left that business and the name became "Quinby Brothers." 1884 - "Quinby Bros." was bought by Thomson & Odell. They renamed the company the "Standard Band Instrument Company." 1909 - The Vega Company bought out Standard. They lasted at least another 30 years and was known for making quite a few models. Their horns were well respected. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Addendum on the time & origin of the horn… ===== …and a convo, from eBay member [ badenia51 ], and of his research, which is also either confirmed or duplicated from other sources I have read: [ badenia51 ] This is actually an American Triumph stencil, made by Harry Pedler & Sons. If you can supply a complete serial number, I may be able to determine a vintage. [ gnube-user ] (( The picture actually provides a better image than my vision reveals. Will upload additional pic to listing, left side valve casing. Within that pic, please see bottom of 2nd valve outer casing. )) [ badenia51 ] Thanks. That last digit of the serial looks to be kin of "messed up" so it looks to be 36225. This also puts it in a series with several other trumpets with the Odell brand already registered. It confirms its manufacture as Harry Pedler and Sons and based on the American Triumph model. I am still working on a serial system for Harry Pedler & Sons, but this is what I can share: The Harry Pedler & Sons Co. is the successor company (established 1937) to ART Musical Instrument Co. established 1932. The serial system did start in 1932 and continued until the company sold to H&A Selmer USA in 1958. Based on the highest serial recorded to date, the average prod. was about 4000 instruments per year. That would place this trumpet in the eighth year or 1939. However, the company launched during the depression, so we know initial production was slow. The industry recovered and started to surge in 1937. Thus the best estimate for vintage is 1941 +/- 1 year. [ gnube-user ] (( Interesting… I may add a description addendum. Thanks )) ========== ========== And perhaps in conclusion, an additional history of Pedler instruments: ===== Harry Walter Pedler established his business in Elkhart in 1919, after previously working for Rudall, Carte, & Co., and Conn. The company started as American Manufacturing with Gronnert in 1916, but with the death of Gronnert, the company was renamed Harry Pedler Co. The company was run by Buescher starting in the 1930's and produced some nice instruments. In 1958, Selmer purchased the Harry Pedler and Sons brass plant. ===== Pedler seems to have had a good reputation for his instruments. But most were student horns. However, if it has Art on the bell it is a pro quality horn. According to some internet sources, F.A. Buescher established the Buescher Manufacturing Co. in 1894. In 1926 the Buescher Band Instrument Company was joined with the Elkhart Band Instrument Company. FA Buescher founded Art Musical Instruments in 1932, but they didn't produce all of their own instruments and used Martin stencils for some of them, including their saxophones. FA Buescher died in 1937 and was succeeded by Harry Pedler, the VP at the time at Art Musical Instruments. Shortly after this, Art Musical Instruments was changed to "Harry Pedler and Sons" - and still stenciled some Martin instruments. Many jazz woodwind musicians are still using "The Pedler" silver clarinet which is in demand by some professionals. The Buescher company began using the Elkhart Band Instrument trademark on a line of instruments until 1958 when the Harry Pedler brass-works was bought by Selmer USA. ===== ===== And so… …continued?
Condition:Used
Condition:USED — FOR RESTORATION
Brand:Odell (from Vega)
Trumpet Type:General
Model:Odell
Leadpipe Material:Brass
Finish:Clear Lacquer
Bell Material:Brass
Items Included:Case
Key:Bb
Bell Diameter:4 1/2"
Valves Type:Piston
Addendum, on it's origin…:Odell? Vega? …Pedler & Sons?