Tuning Bell Slide Rail Assembly For Trumpet, Made By Kanstul

Description

This is a tuning bell rail assembly, which includes both inner and outer rails, socket assembly and screw. This is the sort of assembly found on a tuning bell model trumpet such as the Kanstul 1523 or the Schilke E3L Eb/D trumpets, or a tuning bell conversion from a conventional fixed bell model. These parts were made in the Kanstul factory.
Zig Kanstul’s career as a brassmaker began in 1952, at F.E. Olds & Son in Los Angeles. There, he apprenticed and honed his skills under the direction of Foster Reynolds, a titan in the history of brasswind design and manufacturing.
“It was, in 1952, an opportunity for a young craftsman from Minneapolis, Minnesota to eventually move into a very remarkable cluster of historically important individuals within the field of brass instrument making. This assemblage had formed a continuous sequence dating to the early 19th Century and destined to terminate in the 21st Century. Over sixty-four years after he first moved to California, Zig Kanstul would eventually become recognized as the last of the great masters of brass musical instrument design and construction, with a professional genealogy traced back over 175 years."
-Dale Olson
After 18 years at Olds, and having led R&D and production, Zig left in 1970 to accept a position as Vice President at King Musical Instruments, in charge of the Benge Trumpet factory. He subsequently became Vice President of Manufacturing for C.G. Conn. After establishing his own factory in 1981, Zig continued to make parts and provide services for nearly all American brasswind companies (and several more world wide) while at the same time developing a full line of successful professional brasswinds under his own name. After 40 years as supplier to the industry, the Kanstul factory was shuttered not long after Zig's passing.
Note: this listing does not include the bell tail assembly, and there are none available from this seller.
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Condition is "NEW". Selling for private party. Shipped with USPS First Class. International shipping available on request.
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