What we thought was the serial number on the trumpet was “33351,” and according to the Conn Loyalist webpage and the Conn-Selmer site, this would date the horn sometime between 1891-1895. As cool as it would be to have a 122-126 year old trumpet in good condition in our collection, it ended up being too good to be true.Īfter some research on the Conn Company, we learned that it was founded in 1876 by Charles Gerard Conn, and it went by various names, mainly “Conn” or “Conn Instruments.” Our trumpet is engraved with “C. Conn Ltd.” However, the company did not change its name to this until after C. ![]() Conn retired and sold it to Carl Greenleaf in 1915.
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