Antique Musical Instruments/trumpet or coronet

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Expert: - 7/18/2008


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I have an old instrument marked Giacinto Sacco, Palermo. Rampone Agostino Battista Cazzani, Milano. Is there anything you can tell me about this instrument? Thank you, Dorothy

Answer
The Rampone family company dates  back to 1847

Battista Cazzani was a maker of saxophones, from an unknown date.  

Egidio Rampone became the partner of Cazzani in 1912.  In 1920 when Cazzani died, the company was named Ditte riunite A. Rampone e B Cazzani e C.

I'm not sure what some of the other terms on the horn mean.

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Please note: My area is BRASS instruments, not other wind, string or percussion instruments. I will provide information on antique, obscure and out of production BRASS instruments. 1) Please don't ask for evaluations, I'll not provide them on this site. 2) I am often asked very similar questions, so I'd invite you to first check on Horn-u-Copia.net. Much of the information I have garnered about this topic, I have posted on this WEB site.

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I perform in several historical bands, have informally researched the area, repair brass instruments, and operate a Forum dedicated to the topic at http://horn-u-copia.net

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