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Benge brasswind band musical instrument catalog, ca. 1984

Benge was established in the late 1930s, when Elden Benge began building trumpets in his Chicago basement. Friend and fellow trumpeter Renold Schilke assisted him with setting up and building parts. The firm grew and eventually moved to California in the early 1950s. King Musical Instruments purchased the firm in 1972, then consolidated it into their Eastlake, Ohio facility in 1983. At this point, King added trombones and the 90 Series "Leonore" trumpet line to the catalog. This catalog does not have an explicit date, but the corporate reference only mentions King (not United Musical Instruments/UMI, which would occur in 1985), with the Benge logo King used starting in the 1980s. The presence of trombones and Leonore trumpets indicates this was published after Benge moved to Eastlake, thus ca. 1984.

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