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Re: King "Liberty Model" Trumpet
<p>Hi: I was intrigued by your question, since I am a French Horn and previous cornet player myself, so went to search out what I could find about your trumpet. What I found was the website by HN White itself. I checked the serial numbers and crosschecked them with yours. According to the site, your horn was made in 1904-1906. It looks to me like your trumpet could be worth a pretty penny, especially with rehabbing. The good news is that this website also is a reseller of the vintage instruments. That is excellent news. I noted that one of their vintage horns was reselling for $3,000.00, an excellent price. When you consider that so many horns wind up as lamps. According to the website, these horns have a long and powerful history with many being played by some very famous people. </p><p>They ask that people be referred to their website and I actually believe this to be your best bet, whether you wish to rehab or sell your instrument. The website is <a href="http://www.hnwhite.com/">http://www.hnwhite.com</a> . This should take you there and provide you with all the provenance you should need for your instrument, whether you keep it, oil it up, repad it, fix it, and pass it to some lucky heir, or sell it. </p><p>I could say more about it if I saw a picture, i.e., playability and so forth, but this should get you on. It definitely should not be turned into a lamp :)  </p>
Re: King "Liberty Model" Trumpet
I need to stress that the horn I looked at was from 1932. I did not see any from your date, so it should be interesting to find out what the value winds up being for your horn. Again, good luck.