Sold: Kanstul Fullerton Trumpet Late 1980s - Brushed - Gold Epoxy Lacquer

This is a Kanstul Fullerton Trumpet. It was made when Zig Kanstul opened his own factory in Fullerton after leaving Olds, Benge and King, and I think just before his collaboration with Besson on the Marvin Stamm and Meha models. I put this in the late 80's or early 90's. It has a low serial number. Everything about this horn demonstrates a high level craftsmanship and quality from the nickel-silver outer slides to the high valve compression to the high-precision assembly. It is a ML bore (.460") with a .349" leadpipe venturi.

At that point in time, Zig had acquired a lot of classic bell mandrels and the one used for this horn is so sweet. The bell taper is slow to a 5" bell which, in combination with the large leadpipe venturi, provides a compact core with crazy-nice sprinkles of overtones. This horn is one of the most efficient playing horns I have experienced. On the scale of "tight to open" I would put this horn at about a 6, where the Yamaha YTR-8335LA is a 10 (if that helps). This horn has great response and intonation and excellent valve compression.

This horn's production was overseen by one of the great master trumpet builders. The slides have a stamping of the last two digits of the serial number. The way this particular horn was built and the way it plays well represents the heritage of trumpet-building craft from the west-coast.