From trptjoe@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 10 15:16:01 2017
<<My current trumpet teacher (George Defoe) informed me that "E. E." Benge did indeed start out in Chicago, first with Schilke and then on his own. When he died, his son Elton (Elden?) moved the company to Burbank (then to L.A.?>>
Here's an even more delayed reply!
E.E. Benge was Elden E. Benge. Although he and Schilke played around with making horns in the mid-1930s, Elden's company was always his own. He moved to Burbank in late 1953, and died in December 1960. His son, Donald, kept it going in Burbank, selling
the company in 1971. Production was moved to Anaheim, although Los Angeles was always stamped on the bell. 1983 the King Company moved production to Eastlake, OH.
From joyce2088@aol.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 11 21:14:22 2020
I have a old e binge trumpet serial number
38-239999
Tea o tempered bell 3 but it doesn’t have the city stamped on it. Can you help me with this. I would like to sell it. I inherited it and it does no one good sitting in a closet
Thanks
Joyce Joyce2088@aol.com