Good Trumpet Forums for Selling

[tylerferris1213]

Hello everyone! I've started working on trumpets to sell, and I was wondering if any of you could recommend a good trumpet forum to list them on. Thanks for the help!

[Ace]

I realize you are talking about a Forum. But, in terms of selling trumpets or other brass instruments, a good consignment vehicle might be Baltimore Brass. Last time I talked with them they take only 15% of the sales price then send the rest of the money on to you. Many other places take 25% of the proceeds. Once, Dave Fedderly even hooked me up with a buyer to whom I sold directly. Dave knows a lot of musicians around the country, and knows who is in the market for what instrument(s).

Ace

[ProAm]

trumpetherald.com

I have bought and sold quite a few there. It is more old-school than trumpetmaster.com (I assume trumpetmaster is still there; I haven’t been to that site in a while. I go to trumpetherald daily.)

You have to make five posts before you are allowed to post an ad. Some people make 5 nonsense posts which makes existing members a little chilly but if you post something about yourself and what you are doing they are very understanding. I promise to put in a good word for you. :)

[tylerferris1213]

Thanks for the info! I tried Ebay, but the first "buyer" was a scammer who didn't follow through, and Ebay still charged me $35 for a failed transaction.

[Three Valves]

The more I read about eBay it seems like THEY are the scammers.

[ProAm]

Wow, that’s too bad. I haven’t sold on ebay in a while myself though I do buy there.

trumpetherald.com is only based on trust. There is no overseer on transactions but what you bring (eg, paypal). I do not recall having any bad experience, though. Well, I sold a case once where the receiver disputed the condition. I paid the return shipping, refunded all his money, and sold later to someone else who was happy with it.

Are you selling pro, student, or intermediate level trumpets? Everyone there likes a “good deal.”

[tylerferris1213]

I'm primarily selling student to intermediate trumpets that I've worked on. I think my most interesting trumpets are a King Liberty model and a copper bell Conn Director.

[greenbean]

TrumpetHerald is a very active site. I have sold several horns there quickly.

[iiipopes]

I'm primarily selling student to intermediate trumpets that I've worked on. I think my most interesting trumpets are a King Liberty model and a copper bell Conn Director.

1) Does the King Liberty have a sterling bell? Most don't, and the small bore .448 is either love/hate depending on the player and the repertoire. More at hnwhite.com .
2) Is the Conn a real "Coprion" bell? If so, don't let it go cheap. Real Coprion bells were actually manufactured by electricity in the same manner as electroplating, but Conn used huge tanks and huge blocks of copper to actually build up the bell to thickness on a mandrel-shaped electrode. Very soft, so very prone to damage, and therefore now very rare. If a formed bell, that is a different story. More at https://cderksen.home.xs4all.nl/ .

[tylerferris1213]

The Liberty does not have a sterling bell.

As for the Conn, I'll have to look if it specifically says "coprion".

I'm still trying to work out a fair asking price for each of them. I'm much better at pricing tubas haha. What do you all think is a fair asking price for each of them?

[ProAm]

Photos would help with that.

Some people like the King Liberty. The bracing on the tuning slide can give you a general hint at the era.

The later, 60’s Director was a student horn. It has the marching bandmen with shooting stars on the bell. Some of the earlier coprion belled Conns were professional horns. For the Conn, the bell engraving and valve button/top cap shapes can give a hint to age.

I bought a student level Coprion bell Director off ebay maybe 20 years ago for $150. It was in good condition with a nice, tweed-sided case. I kept if for a while and sold it for about the same amount. If that’s what you have, maybe $200-ish. Probably similar for the Liberty. Ebay completed listings is a good guide.

The link to the Conn Loyalist in a post above has photos of different generations of Conns.

[ProAm]

2) Is the Conn a real "Coprion" bell? If so, don't let it go cheap. Real Coprion bells were actually manufactured by electricity in the same manner as electroplating, but Conn used huge tanks and huge blocks of copper to actually build up the bell to thickness on a mandrel-shaped electrode. Very soft, so very prone to damage, and therefore now very rare. If a formed bell, that is a different story. More at https://cderksen.home.xs4all.nl/ .

I am no expert but I thought that all Conn copper bells were coprion, formed with the copper ion plating process. They made them with that process for decades. The student model horns were usually not marked with the word coprion.

Anderson Plating offers electro-formed tubing and bells - https://www.andersonsilverplating.com/a ... vices.html

[tokuno]

Yep, trumpetherald.
Bought my daughter's Bach Strad Commercial there, and it was a very positive experience.