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I do not know if you got my previous Question So please excuse me if I am repeating myself. I have aRoyal trpt which seems tobe a alto trpt. It has a reciever for a trpt mouthpiece not like aflugelhorn which has a separate reciever.Two questions my trpt has an stamp on the secnd valve saying made in Germany. Was it and about what year. Thevalve are the elongated style Ihave seen this style before to me it seems like a twenties model Am I right Thank you R Bonfiglio Cheshire symphony
I did think I answered this question, but maybe it got lost somewhere.
Metropolitan Music Company in New York City sold these instruments. They were dealers, not makers, some of the instruments sold were made in Czechoslovakia, some in Germany, and maybe others elsewhere. I suspect that your horn may be a solo alto horn.
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Kenton Scott
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