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TrumpeTech, Inc., maker of Powell Custom Trumpets, provides a variety of brass instrument services such as repair, restoration & custom work.  We are also involved in educational clinics, design & manufacturing consulting, as well as product development & improvement.   Owned & operated by Fred Powell, an active professional trumpet player, teacher & 18-year veteran of the music industry, TrumpeTech seeks to meet the needs of discriminating professionals and students alike.  Combining years of R&D experience with the first-hand knowledge of a player, we routinely assist individuals in virtually every area of trumpet equipment & performance.

The Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments


The Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection of more than 600 brass instruments is a splendid assemblage of cornets, trumpets, and related instruments that Joe and Joella collected over several decades. The collection documents the history of high brass instrument-making during the past 400 years in an encyclopedic way.

It includes treasured originals from the heydays of the baroque trumpet made in the Imperial City of Nuremberg by renowned makers such as Johann Wilhelm Haas and Johann Leonhard Ehe. The 19th century is represented with a fine collection of keyed bugles, Civil-war over-the-shoulder cornets, and a comprehensive array of valve designs. Highlights of 20th century trumpet-manufacturing include two trumpets by David Monette, custom-made for Joe Utley in 1985, and a highly ornate Flumpet (a cross between a trumpet and a flugelhorn) specifically designed to celebrate the Utley Collection and decorated by the goldsmith Tami Dean. The collection also includes ethnic instruments, such as African side-blown war trumpets and Tibetan monastic ceremonial trumpets.

In 1999 the Utley Collection was donated to the National Music Museum, The University of South Dakota in Vermillion, where selected examples can be viewed. More information and checklists are available on the NMM website: http://www.usd.edu/smm/UtleyPages/JoeUtley/Utley.html

 

Established in 1960, the Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA), then Yamaha International Corporation, offers a full line of musical instruments and audio/visual products to the U.S. market.  Yamaha is the leader in providing quality musical instruments, research, information and service to educators, students and musicians both aspiring and professional.

www.yamaha.com/band

The S. E. Shires Company announces the introduction of a new line of B-flat and C trumpets built entirely in our Massachusetts factory. The S. E. Shires Company’s trumpet designs are based on careful study of many current and historical models, as well as many years of experience customizing instruments for professional players. S. E. Shires trumpets combine easy playability, faultless intonation and the consistent response of modern trumpet designs with the sound of prized vintage instruments. In a similar manner to our world-renowned trombones, Shires trumpets are available with a large variety of options in bells, leadpipes, tuning slides, and weights. For the very best response and projection, Shires trumpets are built in a fixed construction rather than the modular style utilized for our trombones.

All S. E. Shires trumpets feature a one piece, hand hammered bell with a traditionally brazed seam, hand-lapped Monel pistons, mother-of-pearl inlay finger buttons and our signature bell engraving. Finish options are silverplate, lacquer or raw brass. Above all, Shires trumpets feature the careful assembly and handcrafted methods that the S. E. Shires Company proudly embodies with its slogan: Quality without compromise.

S.E. Shires Co.
4A Spaceway Lane
Hopedale, MA 01747
1.508.634.6805
1.508.634.6806 (fax)
www.seshires.com

 

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