Getzen Surviving Brass Instruments Serial # Date Instrument Model Description 1939 Getzen Starts Business in Elkhorn, WI
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Getzen Surviving Brass Instruments Serial # Date Instrument Model Description 1939 Getzen starts business in Elkhorn, WI. 1946 Start of trombone production mid-year and producing about 1,000 (Getzen website history). 1 1946 1000 1947 1947 Start of trumpet and cornet production. Serial numbers to 1963 are based on a graph made from just a few points so not very accurate at this time. 1555 1947 Mellophone Elkhart Div. of Getzen 2330 1947 Trombone 50 3058 1947 Trombone The Dude #60 [NMM] 3102 1947 Trombone The Dude 4258 1947 Cornet 80 seller says c.1950 [horncollector.com] 4335 1947 Trombone 50 4371 1947 Trombone Super Deluxe 4633 1947 Trumpet 90 5628 1947 Trumpet 90 bottom 3rd slide ring [NMM] 5649 1947 Cornet 80 6000 1948 6308 1948 Trumpet 90 [ebay] 6576 1948 Trombone 50 6850 1948 Trombone The Dude [HUC] 6851 1948 Trumpet SDTB 7083 1948 Trombone The Dude #50 [NMM] 7346 1948 Cornet 7413 1948 Trombone #50 7547 1948 Trombone The Dude 60 Deluxe 8155 1948 Cornet 80 8815 1948 Trumpet 90 [HUC] 1033x 1948 Cornet Deluxe [ebay] 10975 1948 Cornet Deluxe 11500 1949 11612 1949 Trombone The Dude 60 Deluxe 12756 1949 Trombone The Dude 60 Deluxe The “Pat. Pending” mark found for many years was, according to Brett Getzen, a marketing gimmick done by Anthony Getzen that was not related to any real patent application. 13125 1949 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat. Pending 13668 1949 Cornet Deluxe Pat. Pending [NMM] 14290 1949 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat. Pending 14622 1949 Trumpet SDTB PAt Pending 15410 1949 Sousaphone Eb [HUC] 15648 1949 Cornet [Goodwill] 17000 1950 17208 1950 Trombone Dude 60 Deluxe Pat Pend; mid-1950s 60 = brass bell; 61 = Sterling bell; 62 = copper bell 17750 1950 Cornet 80 Deluxe 0.464" bore; 4.5" bell [saved] 17922 1950 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat Pending 17928 1950 Trumpet 90 Deluxe [ebay] 184xx 1950 Trombone 60 The Dude 19074 1950 Trombone 50 Deluxe [ebay] 19091 1950 Trombone The Dude 60 19170 1950 Trumpet 90 Deluxe 19167 1950 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat. Pending [NMM] 20245 1950 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat. Pending [ebay] 20989 1950 Trumpet 90 Deluxe early 50s? [ebay] 21348 1950 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat Pending 22000 1951 22121 1951 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat Pend 24253 1951 Cornet 80 Deluxe 2482x 1951 Cornet 80 Deluxe Pat Pending 24827 1951 Cornet 80 Deluxe 25973 1951 Cornet 80 Deluxe Pat Pending 26107 1951 Trombone 50 Deluxe seller says 1954 26145 1951 Trombone The Dude 60 Deluxe 27129 1951 Cornet 80 Deluxe Pat Pending 27255 1951 Trumpet Hoosier Pat. Pending; Elkhart, Ind; Getzen stencil 27267 1951 Trumpet [K. Scott] 27500 1952 27747 1952 Trombone Dude 60 Deluxe 27875 1952 Cornet Elkhorn 28282 1952 Trumpet 90 Deluxe Pat. Pending 28596 1952 Trumpet 90 Deluxe 29573 1952 Bugle Deluxe 1 valve; G/D 30032 1952 Trombone 60 Deluxe 30560 1952 Trombone The Dude 60 32xxx 1952 Trombone 50 Deluxe 32182 1952 Cornet SDTB 33500 1953 34183 1953 Trumpet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 34610 1953 Trumpet SDTB 34967 1953 Trumpet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 35xxx 1953 Cornet 81 Super Deluxe Artists model w/sterling bell [HUC] 35xxx 1953 Trumpet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 35043 1953 Trombone Super Deluxe Pat Pend 3528x 1953 Trumpet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 35602 1953 Trumpet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced Pat Pending 36984 1953 Trumpet SDTB Pat Pending 3754x 1953 Trumpet SDTB 37804 1953 Cornet SDTB 38236 1953 Trumpet Elkhorn Div. of Getzen 38354 1953 Trombone Elkhorn Ace 38721 1953 Trumpet SDTB 38875 1953 Cornet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 39196 1953 Cornet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 39865 1953 Trombone Deluxe 39880 1953 Trombone Super Deluxe Pat Pend. 39886 1953 Trombone SDTB 39943 1953 Trombone SDTB 40000 1954 4099x 1954 Trombone SDTB 41447 1954 Cornet SDTB [York Master] 42204 1954 Trumpet Copra-Temp [T. Meade collection] 43286 1954 Cornet SDTB Pat. Pending 43372 1954 Baritone Super Deluxe [HUC] 44114 1954 Trombone SDTB seller says c.1950 45295 1954 Trumpet SDTB seller says 1950s [ebay] 45390 1954 Trumpet SDTB Patented 45649 1954 Trumpet Capri 45908 1954 Trumpet SDTB 46602 1954 Trumpet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced [ebay] 46693 1954 Trumpet SDTB 47803 1954 Cornet SDTB [T. Meade collection] 47854 1954 Trumpet SDTB 48000 1955 48514 1955 Cornet SDTB 48640 1955 Trumpet SDTB 49705 1955 Trumpet Super Deluxe bell marked “Board of Ed. 1955” 49727 1955 Trumpet SDTB [C. Lackie coll.] 50077 1955 Trombone SDTB 51073 1955 Trombone SDTB [ebay] 51094 1955 Trombone Super Deluxe 51419 1955 Trumpet SDTB 51431 1955 Trumpet ? bell missing 51464 1955 Trumpet SDTB Artist Model w/Sterling bell [saved] 52417 1955 Trombone Super Deluxe Pat. Pend. [Goodwill] 52836 1955 Trumpet SDTB [ebay] 53248 1955 Cornet Beacon Boston; stencil 53594 1955 Cornet SDTB 54091 1955 Trombone SDTB 55xxx 1955 Trumpet SDTB 55460 1955 Trumpet Super Deluxe 55912 1955 Cornet SDTB 56238 1955 Cornet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 57375 1955 Trumpet Elkhorn by Getzen 59552 1955 Trumpet SDTB Pat Pending [ebay] 59858 1955 French Horn Double 60000 1956 60376 1956 Trumpet SDTB 60647 1956 Trumpet SDTB 61631 1956 Trumpet Artist Sterling Silver bell; brass w/copper accents 62524 1956 Cornet SDTB [ebay] 63980 1956 Trumpet SDTB [ebay] 67449 1956 Cornet SDTB Copra Temp copper bell [HUC] 680xx 1956 Trombone Super Deluxe Tone Balanced [ebay] 68xxx 1956 Trumpet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 68377 1956 Trumpet SDTB Pat Pending 70046 1956 Trombone SDTB 70553 1956 Cornet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced; pat pend.; 0.468” bore 73079 1956 Trombone SDTB 73376 1956 Trombone “Elkhorn by Getzen” [ebay] 73477 1956 Trumpet SDTB Pat Pending 74063 1956 Trombone SDTB 7.25” bell 74443 1956 Cornet SDTB Pat Pending 74582 1956 Trumpet 90 PB Power Bore; 4-11/16” bell 75411 1956 Trumpet Yale Super [ebay] 78869 1956 Cornet SDTB 78947 1956 French Horn [K. Scott] 79863 1956 Trumpet SDTB 79901 1956 Cornet Super Deluxe Tone Balanced; pat pending 81000 1957 81044 1957 Trombone SDTB 81586 1957 Cornet SDTB [York Master] 81894 1957 Trumpet SD [ebay] 81922 1957 Trumpet SDTB [HUC] 82799 1957 Trombone SDTB 3 PV; 0.468” [York Master] 83962 1957 Trumpet SDTB pat pending [ebay] 85692 1957 Cornet Beacon Boston [Getzen stencil] 85780 1957 Cornet Super Deluxe [T. Meade collection] 86564 1957 Trumpet Super Deluxe Copra-Temp copper bell; Pat Pend [ebay] 86652 1957 Trumpet SDTB [Goodwill] 869xx 1957 Trombone SDTB valves 87248 1957 Cornet 80 MD Custom Pat. Pend. 87535 1957 Cornet SDTB Pat. Pend. 88602 1957 Trumpet MD90 0.459” bore; said to be 1957 [HUC] 89809 1957 Cornet 80 [HUC] 90233 1957 Cornet Super Deluxe copper bell; pat. Pending 91424 1957 Trumpet Power Bore Pat Pending; 90PB on receiver [Raftery] 92066 1957 Trombone SDTB 9299x 1957 Trumpet Power Bore sold for $650 in 2021 [saved] 97614 1957 Trumpet SDTB Pat Pending 97694 1957 Trumpet Super Deluxe 98924 1957 Trumpet Super Deluxe 99000 1958 99770 1958 Trumpet SDTB Pat Pend. 99867 1958 Trumpet SDTB 100324 1958 Cornet SDTB Pat Pend [ebay] 102316 1958 Trombone valve Elkhorn Div. of Getzen 102682 1958 Trumpet Super Deluxe 0.456” bore 104xxx 1958 Trumpet SDTB seller says c.1958 104119 1958 Trumpet (Getzen says before 1963 when records were destroyed in fire) 104252 1958 Trumpet SDTB 104664 1958 Trombone Valve Elkhorn a Division of Getzen 105480 1958 Trumpet Beacon Boston stencil 108497 1958 Cornet Elkhorn Div. of Getzen 109190 1958 Trumpet Custom Power Bore; Pat Pend [saved] 109566 1958 Trombone Valve Super Deluxe Tone Balanced 110000 1959 112000 1959 Cornet SDTB 113624 1959 Bugle 1 vlv [HUC] 114531 1959 Trumpet SDTB Artist Sterling Bell; seller says 1959 120000 1960 129500 1961 137989 1961 Flumpet [ebay] 138000 1962 ? 1962 Cornet Vanguard 500 seller says bought new in 1962 146500 1963 148945 1963 Trumpet ? could not read bell inscription [Goodwill] 1963 Production ends with fire in July. Series A 1964 “A” prefix starts after fire of 1963. Production starts in January. Doc Severinsen starts working with Getzen before 1963 to design the 900 series Eterna and 590 series Capri introduced in fall of 1964. A101 1964 A801 1964 Cornet Eterna 800 Severinsen; seller says c.1964 A850 1965 A1600 1966 A2171 1966 Trumpet Capri A2350 1967 A3191 1968 A4422 1969 A4533 1969 Trumpet Capri A5000 1969 Cornet Capri A5134 1969 Trumpet Capri 0.460” bore A5650 1970 A6890 1971 A8116 1972 A10307 1972 Trumpet Capri purchased new in 1976 [ebay] A11000 1973 A13900 1974 A15276 1974 Trumpet Capri seller says early to mid-1970s A16800 1975 A17xxx 1975 Trumpet Capri 0.460” bore A170xx 1975 Cornet Capri A17866 1975 Trumpet Capri 0.458” A19627 1976 A22281 1976 Trumpet Capri 590 seller says 1981 A22322 1976 Trumpet Capri A23000 1977 A23666 1977 Trumpet Capri [ebay] A26500 1978 A30000 1979 A33454 1980 A34694 1980 Cornet Capri [Goodwill] A35800 1981 A36300 1982 A39100 1983 A41900 1984 A44760 1985 A47586 1986 A47761 1986 Trumpet Capri 590S A49686 1987 A52088 1987 Trumpet Capri A52778 1988 A55604 1989 A56xxx 1989 Trumpet Capri 0.460”; 4.75” bell A57842 1990 A60426 1991 A60575 1991 Trumpet Capri A61782 1992 A68840 1993 A70770 1994 Series B B6022 1993 B6127 1993 Baritone Getzen USA B6191 1994 B6309 1994 Baritone [HUC] Series BP BP101 1968 BP111 1969 BP121 1970 BP132 1971 BP147 1972 BP291 1973 BP435 1974 BP579 1975 BP723 1976 BP964 1977 BP1205 1978 BP1446 1979 BP1691 1980 BP1964 1981 BP2237 1982 BP2510 1983 BP2783 1984 BP3056 1985 Trumpet Piccolo Eterna 940S BP3332 1986 BP3611 1987 BP3876 1988 BP4044 1989 BP4296 1990 BP4446 1991 Series CB – Canadian Brass 1010044 1992 Trumpet Canadian Brass Series E E346 Trombone valve Elkhorn Div. of Getzen E3520 Trumpet E3997 Trumpet Elkhorn by Getzen [Goodwill] E9636 Trumpet SDTB [ebay] Series EC EC101-410 1968-71 EC411-1565 1972-75 EC1566-3638 1976-79 EC3639-6306