Other Interesting Photos

(updated 5/30/11)

Burbank Benge #3740 (courtesy of Merle Jenkins)

This is the only Benge trumpet I've ever seen that has a star stamped in this location. My theory is that Elden Benge was marking his new
innovation, the 5X bell. Just a theory at this point.

Chicago Benge
"Petting Zoo"

Joe Lill
Lecture/Recital
2/28/07
Northwestern
University
Evanston, IL

Clockwise from
upper left:

#500 (Bb)
#2429 (C)
#2499 (Bb)
#2711 (cornet)
#2972 (C)
#2974 (D)
#3165 (Bb)
#2614 (C)
#914 (cornet)
#610 (Bb)
#546 (Bb)

#560 (Steve Ward)

Here is a picture of the brass rod brace
between the tubes of the 1st valve slide.
These appeared on many, but not all,
of the horns that had the brass rod on
the 3rd slides.

Courtesy of Robb Stewart

This is an accessory for a Benge C trumpet. It's a Bb slide extension; you pull your main tuning slide, put this into the leadpipe and then put your tuning slide into the extension, turning your C trumpet into a Bb. When placed into my brother Michael's Chicago Benge C, the total length of the leadpipe exactly matched his Chicago Benge Bb.

#2454 (Sandy Craig)

#1537 (Sean Mason)

In most early Benge trumpets the bore
size was not marked on the horn unless it
was a medium bore (M) or large bore (L).
Here are examples of the bore markings
on the bell side of the second valve
casing, at the bottom.

Latest ML Chicago without a bore marking:
#2512

Earliest ML Chicago with a bore marking:
#2521

#3446 (Leroy Duncan)
This Burbank Benge also has
double lines on the receiver.

A Whole Lot of Benge Guys - May 1, 2007

I'm not sure how interesting this is, but there were more
Chicago Benges (14) in that room than, possibly, any other
room in the world. Ryan's eleven, Mike's two and my one;
too bad that Joe Summerhill didn't bring his. too!

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From left to right:

Ryan Zoghlin. holding his favorite Chicago, #728, which was the first Benge he'd purchased.

Joe Summerhill, who studied with Elden Benge and assisted with the making of trumpets at the Morse Avenue location. He is holding valve section #2801,
which was given to
Ryan by Zig Kanstul.

Mike Lill, holding his C trumpet #2429.

Joe Lill, holding his
Bb trumpet #3165.