Hi all, Wow, lot's of helpful replies and information. I was just guessing on the year it was made going on the history of the person's general age figuring roughly with the person being 20. Actually, it would be more sense on thinking he might have gotten it younger maybe being 15. That would push the date back to 1937.
There are no numbers on the bell itself. I haven't looked up the site that was given yet. But, I do remember seeing another Kruspe on eBay with all the fancy lettering with other German words and numbers and such. This one does not have any other German wording on it except the ED Kruspe and Erfurt. Made in Germany is written in English format. Odd to me, at least, the numbers on the valves are backwards to the fingerings. On the rotor case and on the underside of the paddles what would be the 1st finger (the finger closest to the mouthpiece) the number is 3. The middle paddle and casing still says 2. The casing under the last finger says 1. Why is this reversed from other horns? It looks like there might be a number 3 on the metal block holding the keys on but it isn't really clear. There is still some blackish crud covering things there. The only other number is that 16 on the middle rotor cap. I have looked under a lighted magnifying glass also wearing magnifying glasses to see if there are any numbers I haven't other wise seen. For Krause, I'm not computer technical enough to know exactly how to make sure they are the size needed to send you properly enough what you need. For background are you talking about white or cream color or such? Should I send you one picture to see if it turns out right? If it isn't maybe you could suggest for me how to fix it? This is a single horn in F and I did check it to the tuner. It is a brass horn- no quesions about that either. What really struck me as odd was around the outside of the bell there is a worn spot encircling the bell- where the lacquer is pretty void as if something else had been there at one time. It really looks like there might have been a tone ring on the bell. I know that isn't the right word for it but my brain isn't doing much good at this hour of the morning. Were those rings welded on though? There is no evidence of welding. It's just fairly even miscoloring all the way around the bell as if there had been something there at one time. Thank you, Dawn Marie _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
