KEY: (I)=Intermediate, or better than student, maybe almost pro quality. (P)=Professional (S/I/P)= Quality range from student to pro. If not otherwise specified, all most all are cheap student models (S). (DW)=Double-Walled (Those designated with (DW) may sometimes also have had a single walll model that was not pro grade. *DATES* are approximations of when they were first available, or what period they mauy have been made. [In brackets is the place it may have been made], In italics is the possible maker. Bettoney refers to Cundy-Bettoney. Often records were lost or destroyed, and there was a lot of secrecy so what information that is available can not be easily verified. Serial numbers were out of sequence, or started over several times with some companies.
Some manufactures, like Abbott Mfg. were not manufacturers at all, but importers. Some brand names were retail store or distributor names, and most of the brands are what we would call "stencils". Lyon & Healy Mfg. offered a full line of musical intruments that often had fancy engraving, but they actually only made harps. Most stencils were made by Conn, Martin, Bettoney, or through cooperative efforts by several factories located in Elkhart, Indiana where Conn, Buescher & Martin were based. Perhaps there were as many as 400 brands, but less than a dozen significant makers. For serial numbers, if a reliable list is available: check the specific brands at:
Abbott Mfg. Co
Academy
Alexander [Paris] (S/I/P)
All American
American
American Artist ............. William Nuernberger
American Beauty
American Perfection
American Standard .............H.N.White *1936*
Americanna
Andre Peron [France]
Artist Model Moennig Bros.(I) [German]
Bandmaster ............. C.G. Conn
Beacon .............Bettoney
Beaumont [Europe]
Belmar
Belvox [Italy]
Baronet
Boston Wonder ............ Bettoney (S/I/P)
Brilliante Pan American
Brilliante Penzel-Muller
Buescher [Elkhart] Professional
Cadet .............. Bettoney
Capital
Cavalier ..............C.G. Conn *1937*
Chandler
Chaucer
Chauvet
Clari-Met (DW) ..............Penzel-Mueller*1910*(Professional)
Cleveland .............. H.N. White (I)
Collegiate .............. Holton
Columbia ..............Bettoney (I)
Commander ..............Gretsch
Commodore
Commonwealth
Conn [Elkhart] Professional
.......Wonder *1895* (DW)
.......1624 *1926* (Armored)
.......424 Armored *1927*
.......524 *1929*
.......514 *1937*
Continental ...............C.G. Conn
Coudet [Paris]
Couesnon (DW) *1898* [Paris] Pro
Custombilt ................Pedler (Martin)
Diplomat [England]
Dixie Leader
Doucet
Dumont, Rene
Durabilt
Easy Play
Elkhart .........Elkhart Band Instruments, C.G. Conn, Buescher (S/I/P)
Empire State Penzel-Muller
Esquire [France]
Euclids .............Cleveland Musical Instruruments
(A) Fontaine [Paris]
Getzen Delux ..................Holton
Greville [Paris]
Guy Humphrey [Paris] (S/I/P)
Harry Pedler & Co .............Harry Pedler (Professional)
Henri Farny [Paris]
Henri Leduc [France]
Henri Dubois [France]
Holton [Wisconsin]
Hoosier .................. Pedler *1946-1956*
H.N. White [Cleveland]
.......Gladiator
.......American Standard
.......Cleveland (S/I)
.......Silver King (P)
.......Micro-Somic (P)
.......SilverSonic (P)
Ideal [Elkhart]
John Grey ...............Boosey & Hawkes
(The) Lark .............. Larkin Music House
La Chapelle ............... Fischer
La Monte
Laube, P.X. ................ Bettoney
Laurent
LeBlanc (Professional)
Legionaire
Leon Aubert
Lester
LeMaire [Paris]
Loveri
Lyon & Healy
MacLede
Madelon ................. Bettoney
Master H.A. Selmer (P) [Paris]
Mastertone
National
Noblet ................G. Leblanc*1923-1962* (I)
Odell Thompson & Odell
Olympia
Orpheum
Orsi [Italy]
Pan American [Div. of C.G.Conn]
.......Moderne
.......Brilliante
.......Special
.......72N (Professional) *1939*
Paragon ................ Holton
Paramont Artist ............... Penzel-Muller
Pathfinder ............... Gretsch
Paul Dupre
Paul Renne [Paris]
Pedler Student ................Martin
Peerless American
Premier ................Pedler
Ray Lammers [Cincinnati]
(The) Regent .................Ohio Band Instrument Co.(Reynolds)
In February 1936, Foster Reynolds began operations of the F.A. Reynolds Company. Reynolds' earliest instruments appear to have much in common with the designs he was familiar with from over 30 years of work at The H.N. White Co. and it is not unthinkable that Reynolds leaned heavily on his former experiences and relationships as he got his new company started (especially H.N. White workers whom he convinced to join him or whose services he "borrowed").
Reynolds' early success in brass instrument manufacturing was recognized by the United States Army and the company was awarded contracts to provide instruments for the Army Air Force (USAAF) service bands during World War II. These instruments have a silverplate finish and a large "U.S." mark engraved on the bell rim, as well as a different engraving style from the standard F.A. Reynolds horns.
The military contracts allowed the new company to continue developing instrument production techniques when many established manufacturers, e.g. Olds and Conn, were forced to shut down production lines and make wartime equipment. Reynolds made instruments for the USAAF until the production contract quotas were met in the late 1940s, even for several years after the conclusion of WWII.
At about the same time that Foster Reynolds founded the F.A. Reynolds Co., he also established the Ohio Band Instrument Company. Producing instruments in the same factory as F.A. Reynolds horns, Ohio Band exclusively sold to dealers in the school band market and directly competed with rival H.N. White's Cleveland Band and American Standard divisions. Ohio Band produced The Regent, Roth and Paramount model lines. Little is known about the latter horns.
The Regent was Ohio Band's primary instrument line. Ohio Band offered dealers a full catalog of Regent brass and woodwind instruments and band accessories, including stands, mutes, mouthpieces, reeds, etc...
The Ohio Band name and the Regent model line appear to have been discontinued sometime (~1950) after Scherl & Roth bought F.A. Reynolds Co. in 1946...
[http://contemporacorner.com/regent.html]
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Rene Duval [Italy]
Renown
Revelle [Italy]
Revere ................U.S. government [Paris]
Robert Durand [France]
Romain Braude
Silva-Bet ...............Bettoney*1925* (Professional)
Silver King .........H.N. White (Professional) *1924*
Silvertone .................Sears & Roebuck
Soloiste
Superior Artist
Superior Supertone ................ Sears & Roebuck [import]
Symphony ..................Wurlitzer
Three Star .................Bettoney
Topper
Triebert (DW) *1898* [Paris] Professional
Truetone ......[A trademark of Buescher]
U.S. Bettoney Military use
Velvetone [Italy]
Victor
Victory
Villere [France]
Whiting
Wolvertine ................ Grinnell Bros.
Wonder (DW) C.G. Conn *1895* (HP)