Traditional hand craftsmanship meets innovation to create the optimal trumpet for every playing style.
While the trumpet and cornet both stem from common ancestry they have traveled widely divergent paths to reach their current status.
Besides the shofar, the trumpet is the only musical instrument from the Old Testament of whose shape there is absolute certainty. As well, the trumpet (being the cylindrical member of the family) speaks in a brilliant, martial and confident manner – as royalty speaks – so its early history is easily traced through the records of the kings and princes since it was considered a badge of royalty.
While the early cornets were wooden, the trumpet – because of its royal sponsorship – has been metal ever since the stone age gave way to the age of metals. Writings from Solomon’s time tell us of 200,000 trumpets then in use, some made of precious metals. Because the cylindrical nature of the trumpet did not lend itself to the keyed-tone-hole system of the cornet, it was used continuously in its straight, open-tone form, utilizing different instruments in varying lengths for changes of key. Later, extra crooks were added, but this was a cumbersome and clumsy process. In 1788, an ingenious Irishman by the name of Clagget joined two trumpets together by means of a change valve, looking like a double French horn without valves. Shortly after, the piston valve was developed and the stage was set for the modern trumpet.
Just as regal brilliance of tone has characterized the trumpet through the ages, so Kanstul carries on this concept to modern perfection.
A wide variety of modern metals are used, not only to control this inherent brilliance, but to produce a durable instrument that functions mechanically with the lightening speed of contemporary requirements.
Since many portions of the instrument are cylindrical, the design of the conical sections and their relatively short tapers is critical. Our accoustic research has played a great part in the refinement of the trumpet.
Kanstul has contributed greatly to the advancement of the trumpet. Mechanically and acoustically, every Kanstul trumpet responds to the ever-increasing demands of contemporary literature, permitting its brilliant voice to speak in passages heretofore thought impossible.
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; Special “WB” Mouthpipe
MSRP $4,060 in lacquer finish, $4,275 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; No. 7 One Piece Hand Hammered Copper – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $4,175 in lacquer finish, $4,390 in silverplate
Martin #3 Bore; Martin one piece hand hammered bell Bell; Martin continuous tapered Mouthpipe
MSRP $4,545 in lacquer finish, $4,760 in silverplate
Martin #3 Bore; 5 1/4″ special annealling on bell and bell bead-one-piece handhammered; Martin continuous tapered mouthpipe going into a hand drawn-hand bent continuous tapered tuning slide
FACTORY PRICE $5,500 in choice of any finish except gold; inquire for goldplate
.460″ Bore; No. 7 One Piece Hand Hammered Copper – 5″ Diameter Bell; No. 25-O Mouthpipe
MSRP $4,175 in lacquer finish, $4,390 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; No. 7 One Piece Hand Hammered Bronze – 5″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $4,350 in lacquer finish, $4,565 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; No. 1S Hand Hammered Yellow Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; No. 2 Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,895 in lacquer finish, $3,115 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; No. 37 One Piece Hand Hammered Yellow Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,945 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 4 3/4″ Diameter Bell; ML Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,140 in lacquer finish, $3,335 in silverplate
.464″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 4 3/4″ Diameter Bell; MLP Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,140 in lacquer finish, $3,335 in silverplate
.470″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Lightweight Yellow Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; CG Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,140 in lacquer finish, $3,335 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Reverse Mouthpipe
MSRP $2,545 in lacquer finish, $2,740 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; No. 5X Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 4 1/2″ Diameter Bell
MSRP $2,865 in lacquer finish, $3,065 in silverplate
.437″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 5 1/4″ Diameter Bell; Copper Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,700 in silverplate with gold trim
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $1,415 in lacquer finish, $1,610 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $1,850 in lacquer finish, $2,050 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; 5″ Diameter Bell; 25-O Removable Mouthpipe
MSRP $1,795 in lacquer finish, $1,980 in silverplate
.464″ Bore; No. 7 One Piece Hand Hammered Copper – 5″ Diameter Bell; No. 25-O Reverse Mouthpipe
MSRP $4,095 in lacquer finish, $4,300 in silverplate
.462″ Bore; No. 229 One Piece Hand Hammered Yellow Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; Kanstul H Reverse Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,815 in lacquer finish, $4,005 in silverplate
.462″ Bore; No. 229 One Piece Hand Hammered Yellow Brass – 4 7/8″ Diameter Bell; Kanstul H Reverse Mouthpipe
MSRP $2,995 in silverplate
.453″ Bore; One Piece Hand Hammered Yellow Brass Bell; Kanstul B Mouthpipe
MSRP $4,565 in lacquer finish, $4,770 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; No. 239 One Piece Hand Hammered Yellow Brass Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,750 in lacquer finish, $4,000 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass Bell; Two Trumpet Shank and Two Cornet Shank Mouthpipe
MSRP $5,015 in lacquer finish, $5,225 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 3 7/8″ Diameter Bell; Two Cornet Shank Mouthpipe
MSRP $3,895 in lacquer finish, $4,120 in silverplate
Tapered .437″ to .453″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Bronze – 5 1/2″ Diameter Bell; Three Interchangeable Mouthpipe
MSRP $7,510 in lacquer finish, $7,800 in silverplate
Tapered .437″ to .453″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Bronze – 5″ Diameter Bell
MSRP $7,515 in lacquer finish, $7,800 in silverplate
.485″ Bore; 7″ Diameter Bell; Removable Mouthpipe
MSRP $5,305 in lacquer finish, $5,610 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 5″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $2,515 in lacquer finish, $2,730 in silverplate
.460″ Bore; Hand Hammered One Piece Yellow Brass – 5″ Diameter Bell; No. 25 Mouthpipe
MSRP $2,515 in lacquer finish, $2,730 in silverplate
