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i discovered a ancient euphonium in my church basement and was just wondering how old it was. the number on the middle valve is 6442 and it is a Columbia&Chicago made instrument.
Columbia was a trade name used by the Harry B. Jay company of Chicago. They were in business from 1910 - 1946. I know of no serial number lists that exist for the Jay company. But, I would suspect (read: "guess") that it is probably from before 1920.
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Kenton Scott
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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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B.S. Ed, M.S.
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