Couesnon Flugel branded Elkhart – No trigger
Renowned for great sound
Made in France
1970s [+ or -] – Couesnon Serials went up in smoke in a fire
Sometimes described as Couesnon for Elkhart, or “Couesnon stencil” according to horn-u-copia
$2250 AUD
Located in Melbourne AUSTRALIA
play_that_quail@hotmail.com
ph 0415425350 David
As at 21 December 2025 in Melbourne Australia
Contact David – 0415425350
Email: play_that_quail@hotmail
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Serial #2104 [photos and details @ – https://www.vintagebrasswindsaustralia.com/tag/emo/ ]
See Louis Armstrong’s handwritten letter to the maker, Ernst Modl, enthusing over Emo trumpets – $2250
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Weril Master trumpet from Brazil where Weril [based on European design] has been manufacturing since 1909 – gold brass lacquer finish and Nickel Silver Trim – serial number F-07913 – This has a slide ring on the third valve slide and a saddle slider on the first valve –
Weril master trumpet – Professional level – $1000
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Zeus TR250 from USA – plays well – looks good – with hard case shown – $650
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Nice playing Olds Valve trombone – circa 1968 – good condition and great sound – hard case missing a latch but serviceable – with mouthpiece – $1000
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– great sound and good slide –
| Dual bore – Fluted inner slide – 7 1/2″ Bell has some slight dings. Finish has wear – most of the lacquer is off Slide action is excellent after a service by Melbourne’s Don Stewart, @ Broken wind]. Tone warm and clear tone. Bell is red/rose brass [lots of copper in the mix]. King case in good used condition – no mouthpiece included |
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Harry B. Jay Columbia Euphonium – Chicago – circa 1921
Harry B. Jay instruments and the Jazz Age
Harry B. Jay was a cornet player in what was America’s best-known internationally renowned band, the Sousa band, which was based in Illinois not far from Chicago. In around 1909 he set up Columbia Band Instrument Company.
His Columbia instruments were renowned in Chicago, a major jazz center, and are responsible for the cornet sounds in Jelly roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers and the sounds of King Oliver’s Dixie Syncopators (where they were played respectively by George Mitchell, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong). George Mitchell played one of the cornets on all the Jelly Roll Morton recordings (and others) as did Tommy Ladnier of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Jabbo Smith {Rhythm Aces] who was seen as a rival to Armstrong also played one. A lot of other traditional jazz band cornet players used Columbia instruments in the 1910s and 1920s. An example of H.B. Jay instruments being at the epicenter of 1920s jazz in Chicago is what was said by cornet player George Mitchell –
“When I made the [Red Hot Peppers] records with Jelly Roll, I used a Harry B. Jay cornet, made here in Chicago. The reason I bought that Jay cornet was, I was working with Jimmie Noone at an after-hours club down on 35th Street, and Muggsy Spanier used to come and sit in with us. One night I was telling him that my horn was going bad and that I needed a new one. He mentioned the Jay he had and said, “You can play that tonight.” He left the cornet there, and I liked the tone so much that I went to the factory the next day and bought one, a Jay. That’s what I used on those records. …”
Harry B. Jay produced a variety of instruments, including several varieties of Euphoniums, trombones, trumpets, cornets and trumpet cornets. The quality of his instruments is fantastic, in terms of playability, design, construction, and sound. They live on!
Just over ten thousand Columbia instruments were produced between about 1910 and the late 1920s: they were not marketed in Australia, where mostly British instruments – Besson, Higham, Hawkes, Boosey & Hawkes – and some Bohemian instruments were sold by Australian Musical instrument shops. In 1918 Harry B. Jay advertising [in Boy’s Own, and Popular Mechanics] offered 10 days free trial, and payment on terms.
It is completely playable. The valves are pictured and are in very good condition. Compression is very good. There are no leaks: the instrument is tight and fully functional. The slides all pull. Tuning slide architecture is reverse leadpipe, the subject of a Harry B. Jay patent.
EXTREMELY good vintage condition but has some slight pings/dings and finish wear: No major dings – see the photographs below
tuning slide works – warm clear ebullient tone – solid and straight – No case – The mouthpiece shown works well and is included
This iconic Chicagoan is an absolute treat to play and is absolutely gig ready – I played it with Havana Palava at a Kindergarten open day on Separation Street Northcote a couple of months ago –
Some Martin Instruments are shown here: Martin Committee – Vintage Brasswinds Australia
If you’re interested in a Martin, make me an offer: Mobile 0415425350
This is one of those timeless vintage cornets which underscores the validity of the mystique about Martin instruments . Valves perfect. Slides working. Makes you the player sound good and feel good. Some of the lacquer has worn off where there is hand contact – $800
Jerome Callet New York, Large Bore Bb trumpet. Valves and slides are all in very good shape. {Un}original Bach hard case – $2000
This stylish UK designed and patented trumpet was built to Wornell’s specifications in Czechoslovakia and came with either a copper finish [like this one in the Horniman Museum] –
or a silver plate finish. Unusual features include the tubular valve ends, the telescoping valve tops, and the French ring on the bell. A slide can be removed for quick change to A. Has the original case [shown] in reasonable condition. Excellent quality and construction and Extremely collectable. $1400
From 1950 Helmut Finke was involved in making and assembling instruments, running his own workshop, and making copies of sackbuts and baroque trumpets. In the mid 1950s he was the first 20th Century maker in this field. His instruments included high trumpets and french horns and other bigger brass instruments. In 1959 he designed the coiled natural trumpet (also known as a Clarino).
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Bach CR300 cornet outfit – Vintage Brasswinds Australia
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Some comments and photographs on this site – https://www.vintagebrasswindsaustralia.com/2020/12/14/jackson-super-trumpet-from-switzerland/
Brilliant sound – great intonation – full range of sound from lowest whispering to highest screaming! A real collectors item!” – $2250
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Model on mouthpipe — CR300 Bach
Valve slides out [note third valve slide]
bell view – Valves are fast free and smooth – and importantly feel good as you play
Top front in the case –
Bach USA quality – snug fitting excellent – tough – hard case designed to keep this cornet safe
This is an Excellent player which offers a range of players response, reliability and enjoyment. High notes are relatively easy [but don’t expect instant gratification if you’re at the start of your journey]
Includes mouthpiece, valve oil, cleaning brush.
Photos show the gleaming condition: the photo with the mouthpiece in shows a very small barely noticeable ding opposite the mouthpiece
Can be posted at buyers expense
Cash, paypal, Visa – Mastercard available
Email: play_that_quail@hotmail
[to be added to and updated regularly]
Key: all instruments are in key of Bb unless a different key is specified
Pitch: all instruments are low pitch, unless indicated otherwise. Many instruments in the early 20th Century were supplied with alternate slides allowing LP or HP.
Location: all instruments are located in Croydon 3136 Australia
A short History of Martin brasswinds can be found by selecting “Martin” at https://www.horn-u-copia.net/Reference/display.php
[above] Al Hirt with his Martin
The amazing Martin 50 year guarantee [below]
[above] Martin Committee ad 1948
| Martin Committee trumpet – Kenosha Wisconsin Black lacquer – gold plate trim For me, music and life are all about style – Miles Davis |
4/5 Martin Committee T3460 trumpet [includes a Martin mouthpiece and a hard shell case]
Beautifully engraved raw brass Martin Committee trumpet
excellent condition
[https://www.vintagebrasswindsaustralia.com/2025/03/15/miles-davis-martin-instruments/ ]
Various other Martin models are sometimes suggested as alternatives or equivalents to the Committee model. And it would be easy to conclude that amongst Martin Committee users there is a hierarchy of preferences.
Others to consider include –
For players there are rewarding qualities to discover about Martin instruments.
Brand: Martin as Wurlitzer
Type: Magna, [Committee equivalent ]
Bell Material: Yellow Brass, Finish: Clear Lacquer, Key: Bb, Valve Material: Monel,
Skill Level: Professional,
Bore Size: .460, Valves Type: Piston
Martin Magna professional trumpet in excellent condition
For Martin [RMC and Wurlitzer by the time this was made] the Committee Model evolved into the Magna and was regarded - depending on the taste and idiosyncrasies of the player - as a step up from the Committee.
A great instrument - perhaps with a bit more versatility than a Committee, and extremely easy to live with.
Valves are superb - compression is excellent - the first valve trigger operates, and all slides move as they should.
Comes with the original paperwork, the original Martin/Wurlitzer hard case, and a zip up plastic case cover.
No mouthpiece included - but I have a selection of Martin mouthpieces available
This trumpet is from the Handcraft era – the stage that Martin was offering a 50 [Fifty] year guarantee on its brass instruments.
Made late in 1933 this has a reverse leadpipe [which had been on some earlier Martins as well] and is a medium bore [2] instrument.
There is wear on the silver in the normal places [where hands and fingers go]. Valves are in very good condition and have no slack or sideways movement. Bell has a gold wash.
Some restoration was done by Melbourne brass craftsman Don Stewart https://www.brokenwind.com.au/home
An extremely playable trumpet with good valves, good feel, and great [typical Martin] tone.
Engravings are – bell – “Martin Handcraft Imperial Elkhart Ind. USA”; valve block – serial number; 1,2,3; 2; valves – valve number and serial
serial number: 1317xx – an exceptional professional trumpet – Small wear here and there, one ding on the underside of the bell, about the diameter of a pencil eraser. No other dings or dents noted; some wear to the lacquer.
This trumpet is in full working condition. The valves are like greased lightning, and the slides all move fine. Micro-tuning features on two different slides.
Comes in a Rudy Mück fake crocodile case which is in fabulous condition; it even has the original set of keys. The case is covered with a lined, fitted outer “Shut-tite” brand canvas shell with leather bumpers and metal feet.
…….. Sketches of Spain, was recorded in late 1959 and early 1960 and features an exceptional adaptation of Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, originally written for guitar and orchestra, as well as a gripping Davis performance on “Saeta.” At his most inspired moments, Davis could now manage to draw a primal cry from the horn, a haunting sound unlike anything else in modern jazz. ………… [from Ted Gioia’s The History of Jazz]
Plenty of patina – but this instrument is in excellent playing condition and it gets a public outing from time to time, once at Port Fairy Folk festival when Havana Palava last played there, and once or twice around Melbourne recently.
The small bell is activated by the fourth valve which brings in a sound and tone very similar to a valve trombone. Great for creating a call and response.
Other Martin Euphoniums – great players – are available
Lacquered brass in original hardshell case
Available Martin Trombones include –