Continental Colonial Trumpet Serial Numbers

It's in the forum under vintage trumpets / cornets and titeled 'Cavalier Serial Numbers'. Of the serial numbers: 57 - trumpet. The Continental Colonial is.

I have a Cavalier Alto in silver plate and a Cavalier Tenor in brass. These horns use the Conn-style tapered pivot screws. No high-F and both are split-bell keys.

I am thinking that the Cavalier line must have been abandoned by 1929. My 20s Pan AM alto has the locking screws, but none are present on the Cavaliers. My Cavalier alto is serial 08xx and the tenor is 06xx. I'm sensing low production over a short period of time. Despite the simple engraving, both horns have MOP rollers and concave pearl touches.

Ahm 250 Material Pdf Reader more. Has anyone seen Cavalier saxes with same-side bell keys or serials over 5000? I'm thinking Conn stencilled Pan Ams for third parties, but not Cavaliers. Any Conn stencil I have seen has had the tell-tale 'P' in the serial number, indicating Pan Am. Feedback please! The latest Cavalier instruments I have found were late '30's.these being Cornets and Mellophones.

I do not know when the name brand Cavalier vanished from use. According to the Conn Loyalist site, they were marketed as being 'Produced by the Pan American company'.

Now, in another thread we discuss that, in fact, the sax bodies of PanAms and Conns are the same, it is the keywork and inclusion or exclusion of RTH which make them different. Therefore, as Conn split-bells ceased to exist in the mid '30's or so.fair to say that your guestimate date on your horn is correct. BTW.there are a lotta PanAms which do not have the 'P' prefix in the serial.and a lotta Conn stencils also are absent the 'P' prefix.

I cannot say I have ever seen a post-war Cavalier.at least not by stylistic identification. I think it is solid to say that they existed into 1938, as there are online examples. It might even be fair to hazard a guess that they lasted up until WWII.but no further. I am fairly sure I have seen Cavalier saxes with same-side bellkeys on eFlay from time to time. PanAms became Directors in '57.but I doubt Cavaliers lasted into the '50's. All of the Cavaliers I have seen follow the Conn/Pan-Am style.

With opposing bell keys, I would stretch the date up to about 1935 as some Conn altos still were that way during the transitional period and most tenors were the opposed bell keys. Open Paperport Max Files. John Lewis Partnership Handbook For Employers more. Interesting as the Cavaliers I have played were left side keys.