Does Marlin Watkins still make trumpets? I see stuff about his boxes all over the place, but I never see much about his trumpets. Just looking for some info on them.
Thanks for any information.
-Ray
Yes as of last year he still was... Watkins adjustable (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200312/92384024662cde780445466b96cea4d5.jpg)
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Yes, Marlin makes a nice, easy to run trumpet.
He just sold one the other day on ebay. It went for almost $700. He doesn't keep a list anymore for the box calls. In the description on the trumpet on ebay he wrote that he was selling it on ebay so everyone would have a chance to buy it.
He once told me they were his nemesis. He makes only a few every year I think. I was able to get one at Unicoi a few years ago. Unbelievable trumpet! Was shocked to see how high the one on ebay fetched.
i was on his list for awhile. think i got 2 or 3 boxes before he said something about the trumpet list. its nice. i like the adjustable and it has a different sorta triangular shaped mouthpiece.
Mr Marlin only builds 8 to 10 trumpets a year , all are adjustable these days . He has told me numerous times that a box call is a challenge to get what you want out of a piece of wood and that Trumpets are a mechanical deal , make the dimensions the same and you always turn out a good trumpet , so in his description they are not about skill , just repeating measurements with tight tolerances. I am sure this is after you decide which measurements work best for you and this is where the learning curve is !
Then we have to learn a musical instrument to get the sounds we want out of one .
Picked this Watkins up back in December from another member. Snakewood and Blackwood. Both a wing bone and I'm guessing delrin mouthpiece. It's a cool little "trumpet".
Adjusting the stem definitely changes the tone, but personally I prefer just a good traditional wood trumpet. This thing is a little gadgety to me.
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Quote from: chefrific on March 14, 2020, 10:19:18 AM
Picked this Watkins up back in December from another member. Snakewood and Blackwood. Both a wing bone and I'm guessing delrin mouthpiece. It's a cool little "trumpet".
Adjusting the stem definitely changes the tone, but personally I prefer just a good traditional wood trumpet. This thing is a little gadgety to me.
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Those are really nice. Lot of great history in those trumpets.