A Commercial Beast! Check out this 1970's Schilke B6LB Trumpet in Gold Plate with Beryllium bell!

[@austincustom]

For sale (but probably not for long...) at this link: www.austincustombrass.biz/pre-owned-schilke-b6lb-trumpet-in-gold-plate-with-tunable-beryllium-bell

[@Aswaguespack]

Right before Covid became a thing I visited with my Dad’s oldest brother age 94. He wanted me to return and bring my horn because he thought he could still play. I have no doubt that if he had a chance he would have played Ed “Stardust”. He passed away at age 96

[@Aswaguespack]

So many fine trumpets….. so little time 😉

[@chasefreak]

The Serial# is from about 1976 but that IS a Kiefer Beryllium bell, pre-Anderson, slightly thinner, you can tell b/c the flange/screw attachment at the bell tail is thinner than the Anderson made ones. I'm wondering if this is one of Faddis' B6L's....he used to get one every year and always in gold-plate...I have Mike Vax's '81 B6L-B

[@austincustom]

It plays so great I really want to keep it but you can't keep them all, right? 🤣

[@chasefreak]

@@austincustom you can keep some 😉

[@Aswaguespack]

Some are ALWAYS keepers!

[@justinsmith2530]

Killer horn.

[@pitgroove.37_66]

So what you're saying is that this beryllium used by schilke is really a hybrid copper of some sort?

[@scrooglemcduck1163]

Be careful putting mutes in it. The bell of those is very thin.

[@hobie1dog]

I had one of those in gold

[@stormchsr101]

what was wrong?? hope you are 100 percent now!

[@austincustom]

I had pneumonia. No Bueno!

[@stormchsr1017]

@Austin Custom Brass so sorry. I had that twice and its miserable! Makes for really difficult horn blowing. Glad you are feeling and looking great! Enjoying the vids. Keep them coming.

[@Aswaguespack]

Hope you are well now