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08/19/2026

Kanstul flashback flash: 16 years ago we were in the middle of tuba development, and in this picture we can see John Van Houten and Bob Carpenter testing our F tubas out on the loading dock at the factory.

03/18/2026

That's Jason Trimble (right), watching Duwayne Yee (left) straightening trombone slide tubes the old school way. Up there in the corner to Jason's right there was a dirty old DEG slide trumpet that had been hanging there for decades. When it came time to close the factory, Mark Kanstul threatened to throw it into the scrap bin if nobody claimed it, so Charles Hargett took it home!

03/11/2026

Copper bell Flip Oakes Wild Thing.

03/08/2026

"Early morning natural-light shot of Kanstul slide trumpet (top) and soprano trombone."

Yeah, that's the Model 140 Slide trumpet with the 72 bell, and the Model 150 soprano trombone. I forget the bell profile.

This project grew out of our R&D work we did on the alto trombone. Steve Ferguson challenged Zig to make a soprano trombone with a 3rd position at or near the bell rim so it would be quicker for a trombone player to adapt. We took care of that before lunch.

I thought, well, how much different would a slide trumpet be? Zig let us experiment, and about an hour or two later we had it. Testing was done by Chuck Findley and Tom Bones Malone.

Photo courtesy of Scott Birdsall

01/24/2026

Here's the venerable Kanstul factory as it looks today.

11/17/2025

Yep, that's me on my old Kanstul Flugelhorn. I loved that horn!
That baby paid its dues and then some! So,did I!

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