K.Custom Artist Series Pro Raw Brass Trumpet

Kessler Custom Professional Raw Brass Trumpet – Artist Series

Name: Kessler Custom Professional Raw Brass Trumpet - Artist Series
SKU: KCTR5U
Rating: 5.00 (1 reviews)

Rated 5 out of 5 based on 1 customer rating

Discontinued Option
We are no longer offering the Raw Brass version of our trumpet. The standard lacquer and heavy silver options are still available.

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Kessler Custom Professional Raw Brass Trumpet
Discontinued Finish

As a business, we have always sought to provide excellent quality instruments at affordable prices. Many times though, the music industry as a whole does not offer instruments that are both affordable and high quality for the customer’s needs. Professional trumpet models are a great example of this as all of your major professional trumpet models have nearly doubled in price in the last 10 years.

So we teamed with Custom trumpet builder Tony Scodwell to find a solution to the issue. The solution:
Kessler Custom Artist Series Professional Trumpet.

Whatever Trumpet Voodoo that Tony Scodwell and the guys at Kessler’s are doing to these horns is amazing. At this price point, this horn is one of the best horns I have ever played and anybody looking for a professional trumpet for school or work should not think twice about buying one of these horns.

Joseph Durk / Trumpet - Las Vegas Philharmonic

Additional Information

Professional Model – Solid Silver Leadpipe
The leadpipe of a raw brass trumpet is one of the most acoustically important pieces of the instrument. Any change made here has drastic impacts on the performance of the trumpet as a whole but especially to the response and resonance of the trumpet. Obviously, the design of the leadpipe makes a huge difference, but so does the material. We chose to use Solid Sterling Silver (92.5% pure silver) for the leadpipe of our Artist Series raw brass trumpet. The Sterling Silver pipe provides improved resonance and response to the instrument throughout the whole range. The upper register is bigger and more responsive and the lower register is free-er blowing and sweeter. Everything about our pro raw brass trumpet is amplified by the Solid Silver leadpipe maximizing your performance!

Professional Model – Bell
The bell used on our Artist Series Professional Raw Brass Trumpet is a 5″ diameter, Goldbrass alloy with a soldered bead. This bell produces a rich and powerful tone but offers excellent response and projection. Designed to give both sizzle and sweet, this bell is an ideal design for all musical styles and levels. From the high school concert player to the professional pit musician and up to top rate lead jazz player, this bell does it all!

Artist Series Valves
The valves used on our Artist Series trumpets are of the highest quality Stainless Steel valves that we have ever come across. Fit and finish of the valves is absolutely exceptional, providing performance that rivals valves on $4,000+ trumpets and is reliable and durable.

Why Raw Brass?
Our Artist Series Pro horns are available in the traditional finishes of course, but gaining in popularity is the Raw Brass trumpet. This horn is left just as the term implies, “Raw”. Basically, the horn is made, polished up and then never has a finish applied. The idea is that without any additional finish, the horn should be free-er vibrating and a bit brighter with greater response.

In the end, it’s also a cool look as the horn “ages” very quickly and uniquely.

Please note that with raw brass trumpets, we recommend using gloves and or a valve grip protector to limit skin exposure to raw brass. Some people are more sensitive to raw brass trumpets than others so limiting your physical contact with the raw brass is recommended.

Other Finishes
Our Artist Series Professional Trumpet is available in 2 finishes:

Gold Lacquer
Bright Heavy Silver Plate

tony-scodwell Tony Scodwell Inspection & Play Test
There are a lot of models of professional trumpet to choose from in the current market. However, most of them are treated like a piece of electronics or a DVD… an item that can be simply grabbed off of the shelf and shipped to the customer. Musical instruments should never be treated in this way. Musical instruments need to be tested and made sure that they are right before they are given to a player. Sadly, most professional trumpet models are not tested and inspected either at the factory or by the music store that sells them. Our trumpets are not treated this way!

Every Kessler Custom Artist Series professional raw brass trumpet is play tested and inspected by Tony Scodwell. Tony is a master trumpet builder, the maker of Scodwell USA professional custom trumpets. He is a top tier professional player and band leader. He goes over every single Kessler Custom Artist Series professional trumpet to make sure that they are amazing instruments before they ever get put in the hands of a player. Each instrument will include a signed certificate of inspection for that instrument. What other trumpet in this range can make this type of testing claim?

We also include a signed copy of Tony’s book: “Big Band Classics Featuring Tony Scodwell” published by Hal Leonard.

Kessler Custom Professional Raw Brass Trumpet Specifications

Kessler Custom Artist Series – Professional Model Trumpet Specifications
Bell	5″ Goldbrass with Soldered Bead
Pitch	Bb
Bore	.460″ ML
Valves	Premium Stainless Steel
Leadpipe	Solid Sterling Silver (92.5% Silver)
Finish	Raw Brass – No Finish (also available in Gold Lacquer or Heavy Silver Plate)
Mouthpiece	3C
Valve Caps	Heavy Weight Top & Bottom Caps (lightweight kit also available)
Valve Stems	Gold Lacquered Brass – also available in aluminum (light) or solid raw brass (heavier)
Case	Deluxe Leatherette Woodshell Case
Quality Control	Inspected & Play Tested by Trumpet Master Tony Scodwell
Warranty	1 Year covering defects in workmanship & material (through Kessler shop)
Manufacture Country	Made in Taiwan – Final Setup in Las Vegas

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1 review for Kessler Custom Professional Raw Brass Trumpet – Artist Series

Rated 5 out of 5

Joseph Durk – May 11, 2016

This is one great horn and anyone looking for a new professional model horn should really not overlook this as an option. I recently was in the market for a new B flat trumpet (after 20 years of playing on my old Bach), Dave and all the folks over at Kessler were amazingly patient with me. I am pretty sure that it took me almost a year to find a replacement for the Bach Strad (that My Mother bought from Chuck back when I was just a kid over 20 years ago).

Dave and the guys got me a seemingly countless number of different horns to try and by the end I had narrowed it down to two horns, a Bach ( that was not all that different from the one I was replacing) and the Kessler Custom with the heavy silver plate. Being a creature of habit, I ended up with the Bach BUT the point of this long drawn out review is that I seriously almost replaced my old Bach with this horn.

Whatever Trumpet Voodoo that Tony Scodwell and the guys at Kessler’s are doing to these horns is amazing. At this price point, this horn is one of the best horns I have ever played and anybody looking for a professional trumpet for school or work should not think twice about buying one of these horns.

Do yourself a favor and go try one!!!

Joseph Durk
Trumpet – Las Vegas Philharmonic
TAPPS Nevada