Ernst Modl brass instruments

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The typical Emo trumpet can be recognized by it's orbicular waterkeys, the baluster style bracing and the sloping valve caps and "Selmer'style arched valve stem buttons.

The Word models also have these 'Olds' style valve casings and bottoms.

But on a closer look there is more variation, partly because for the early instruments standard parts were used.

Modl used the model names that we know from Huller & Co: Professional, Champion and World, with the extensions Super and 'De Luxe' and an incidental Standard, Ideale....

The first few Professional trumpets have the octagonal valve caps and bottoms that are also found on Keilwerth and Wohlrab trumpets. After that they have round caps and bottoms. Then the typical baluster braces also pop up. The waterkey is a traditional one, and stays the same over the years. After finding it's form in the early years the Professional model hasn't changed.