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Vintage Charlie Allen Signed "Allen" Triple Delisa Mouthpiece Chicago IL Rare
Estimated price for orientation: 3 000 $
Category: Mouthpieces
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Description Instrument: Trumpets Skill Level: Professional Brand: Charlie Allen Custom Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Finish: Brass
Charlie Allen Triple Delisa Custom MouthpieceBrass Plated, General Wear, Signed "Allen Chicago Ill" Also has Allen written in cursive at top of cup. The is the Delisa mouthpiece. It has three rings around a shapely neck. Many people had only seen the Diamond design, but Charlie Allen customized several styles for different musicians. CHARLIE ALLENCustom Mouthpiece MakerChicago Custom Built Trumpets -- Trombones – CornetsBest Kept Secret in Jazz! If you are new to the Charlie Allen story, you may wonder what the big deal is. Let me enlighten you. Charlie Allen was born 108 years ago in Mississippi. He migrated to Chicago in the 1920’s. He was educated by Major N. Clark Smith, “America’s Greatest Colored Bandmaster,” at Wendell Phillips in Chicago’s Bronzeville community. Phillips produced many famous talents including Jazz greats; Nate King Cole, Gene Ammons, Dinah Washington and Ebony magazine owner Mr. John H. Johnson.Charlie Allen played trumpet with early jazz pioneers, Doc Cook, Fletcher Butler, and Hugh Swift. He flourished as a musician and mouthpiece maker with jazz legends Fatha Earl Hines and Duke Ellington.Charlie Allen made mouthpieces for dozens of musicians. Here are a few that we have researched. FAMOUS MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED ALLEN MOUTHPIECES TRUMPETS, TROMBONES & CORNETS Cat Anderson Al Hirt Louis Armstrong George Hunt Emmett Berry Aaron Izenhall Oscar Brashear Harry James Lawrence Brown Harold "Money" Johnson Paul Cerrano Jonah Jones Doc Cheatam Fats Navarro Sonny Cohn Fip Ricard Lee Collins Dave Rodgers Kenny Dorham Leo
Description
| Instrument: | Trumpets | Skill Level: | Professional |
| Brand: | Charlie Allen Custom | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Finish: | Brass |
Charlie Allen Triple Delisa Custom MouthpieceBrass Plated, General Wear, Signed "Allen Chicago Ill" Also has Allen written in cursive at top of cup. The is the Delisa mouthpiece. It has three rings around a shapely neck. Many people had only seen the Diamond design, but Charlie Allen customized several styles for different musicians. CHARLIE ALLENCustom Mouthpiece MakerChicago Custom Built Trumpets -- Trombones – CornetsBest Kept Secret in Jazz! If you are new to the Charlie Allen story, you may wonder what the big deal is. Let me enlighten you. Charlie Allen was born 108 years ago in Mississippi. He migrated to Chicago in the 1920’s. He was educated by Major N. Clark Smith, “America’s Greatest Colored Bandmaster,” at Wendell Phillips in Chicago’s Bronzeville community. Phillips produced many famous talents including Jazz greats; Nate King Cole, Gene Ammons, Dinah Washington and Ebony magazine owner Mr. John H. Johnson.Charlie Allen played trumpet with early jazz pioneers, Doc Cook, Fletcher Butler, and Hugh Swift. He flourished as a musician and mouthpiece maker with jazz legends Fatha Earl Hines and Duke Ellington.Charlie Allen made mouthpieces for dozens of musicians. Here are a few that we have researched.
| FAMOUS MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED ALLEN MOUTHPIECES | TRUMPETS, TROMBONES & CORNETS | |||
| Cat | Anderson | Al | Hirt | |
| Louis | Armstrong | George | Hunt | |
| Emmett | Berry | Aaron | Izenhall | |
| Oscar | Brashear | Harry | James | |
| Lawrence | Brown | Harold "Money" | Johnson | |
| Paul | Cerrano | Jonah | Jones | |
| Doc | Cheatam | Fats | Navarro | |
| Sonny | Cohn | Fip | Ricard | |
| Lee | Collins | Dave | Rodgers | |
| Kenny | Dorham | Leo | ||