Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 22 hours ago
Items for sale: trumpetherald.com/marketplace.php?own=15921
A lovely, art-deco trumpet from Conn's storied past is offered here - a Vocabell 40B from 1937. In shocking good condition with only a few pings throughout and minor silver wear, this attractive trumpet is a fine player as well. Played with 6 different mouthpieces and at one point compared to an Olds Mendez, this trumpet can play with a slightly dark tone, to very dard, to quite strong and bright, using only mouthpieces for the different tones. Starting with a Patrick CR5Z, then a GR64MX, an ACB 3DS, an ACB TA-TF, a Reeves C2J, and lastly with a Monette BLM. At the following link, you can hear a fine trumpeter from the past, Erskine Hawkins, takes a Conn 40B Vocabell and play it well in the upper register:
youtube.com/watch?v=BU6PQyS5bmM
Patrick CZ5M: 2:45
GR64MX: 4:20
Mendez w/ GR64MX: 5:58
Conn w/ GR64MX: 6:43
ACB 3DS: 8:16
ACB TA-TF: 17:28
Reeves C2J: 18:28
Monette BLM: 20:18
Items for sale: trumpetherald.com/marketplace.php?own=15921
A lovely, art-deco trumpet from Conn's storied past is offered here - a Vocabell 40B from 1937. In shocking good condition with only a few pings throughout and minor silver wear, this attractive trumpet is a fine player as well. Played with 6 different mouthpieces and at one point compared to an Olds Mendez, this trumpet can play with a slightly dark tone, to very dard, to quite strong and bright, using only mouthpieces for the different tones. Starting with a Patrick CR5Z, then a GR64MX, an ACB 3DS, an ACB TA-TF, a Reeves C2J, and lastly with a Monette BLM. At the following link, you can hear a fine trumpeter from the past, Erskine Hawkins, takes a Conn 40B Vocabell and play it well in the upper register:
youtube.com/watch?v=BU6PQyS5bmM
Patrick CZ5M: 2:45
GR64MX: 4:20
Mendez w/ GR64MX: 5:58
Conn w/ GR64MX: 6:43
ACB 3DS: 8:16
ACB TA-TF: 17:28
Reeves C2J: 18:28
Monette BLM: 20:18
