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4. How many Benges were made in Chicago?
My best guess is that there were about 2130 Benges made in Chicago. When I started my research
in December 2005, my original guess was that there were @2520 Chicago Benges made, plus or
minus 40 or so; but now that over 210 Chicagos have turned up, I'm becoming more convinced that
the true number is @2130, which means that ten percent of all the Chicago Benges made are now
listed in the spreadsheet.
My Revised Calculations
# 500 to #1075 = 580 instruments
#1500 to #1700 = 200 instruments
#2000 to #3350 = 1350 instruments
Total revised estimate? 2130 Chicago Benges
My Original Calculations
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500 to #1499 = 980 instruments
#1500 to #1700 = 200 instruments
#2000 to #3338 = 1340 instruments
Total original estimate? 2520 Chicago Benges
I firmly believe that this original estimate was on the high side, as I still haven't seen any instruments
numbered between #1075 and #1501*.
This holds not only for my personal research, but for anyone
else's collation of information. All it will take is the surfacing of more than one instrument
numbered
11xx, 12xx, 13xx or 14xx
to shoot down
this theory, but, so far...
*#1208 has turned up, but, as that was a special horn for a student who was also working
for Benge (Frank Lisanti), I don't see this trumpet as part of a trend.
Also, I don't believe that Elden Benge filled in all of the numerical gaps between #3320 and #3350
before moving to Burbank; there are a lot of holes in there, and you'd think that the gaps would be filling in. We'll see; horns are being added to the list virtually every week.
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