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A student recently brought me a Keystone trumpet (serial number 38363). How do I find out the value of this trumpet (insurance purposes)? I played it, and the lower range is magnificent, the upper range not so much. Is that true of older trumpets? Thanks!

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Weymann appears to be a dealer not a maker in Philadelphia 1864-1942.   In 1885, he started advertising as H. A. Weymann & Son.

As a dealer it is likely that he purchased from various makers.  Consequently, characteristics and quality are also likely to vary.  He used the name Keystone as a line of instruments in his later years of business.  

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