Missenharter Brass Instrument Factory
Charles Missenharter established his instrument making business in 1856 in Ulm, relocated in 1861 to Stuttgart, and then moved to New York in 1869. He sold his company to Harry Coleman in Philadelphia in 1892. Coleman continued to use the name until 1917.
Click on the images to link to all the photos of each one that I have documented, on each page you can click on the smaller image and it will open a large picture in a new window. I will be happy to help/share any information I may have.
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Year 1855 Traveled between London, Paris and Germany |
Won Medaille 1st class Exposition Universelle in Paris |
| Year 1861 | Lived in Stuttgart Germany |
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1860 J. Missenharter |
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Whistle Made in Germany |
| Year 1862 | Won Medal in London |
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1862-65 Pocket German Cornet |
| Year 1867 | Won more Medals in Paris |
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# 512 1867-1868 |
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Year 1868 Hunting Whistle |
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#1703 Year 1868 |
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#2222 |
| Year 1869 | Started Business in New York, USA |
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Rotar valve Cornet, no number. U.S. made with German parts |
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# 5420 |
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# 5462 |
| Year 1876 | Won Medal in Philadelphia |
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# 5477 |
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# 5500 Dec 23 1877 |
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# 5512 |
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# 5513 |
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# 5564 |
| Year ?? | Won Medal in San Francisco |
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# 5590 |
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# 5594 |
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# 5618 |
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# 5643 |
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# 5692
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# 5724 |
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# 5731 |
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# 5735 |
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# 5755 |
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# 5758 |
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# 5784 |
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# 5823 |
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# 5824 |
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# 5851 |
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# 5862 |
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# 5881 |
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# 5906 |
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# 5930 |
| no photo | # 5999 |
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# 6058 |
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# 6068 |
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# 6075 |
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# 6095 |
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# 6132 |
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# 6169 |
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# 6350 |
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# 6387 (made between 1879-1883) |
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# 6391 |
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# 6420 |
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# 6448 |
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#6466 |
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# 6467 |
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# 6483 |
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# 6520 |
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# 6532 |
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# 6620 |
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# 6631 |
| no photo | # 6674 bugle |
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# 6690 |
| no photo | # 6802 |
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# 6805 |
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# 6811 |
# 6893 |
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Listen to # 6909
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# 7004 prior to 1883 |
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# 7102 |
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# 7118 |
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# 7138 |
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# 7191 |
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# 7245 |
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# 7397 |
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# 7533 |
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# 7535 |
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# 7653 |
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# 7657 Year 1883 |
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# 7669 |
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# 7684 |
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# 7724 |
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#7728 |
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# 7746 |
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# 7761 |
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# 7814 |
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# 7843 |
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# 7874 Chales Jr's instument |
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# 8207 |
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# 8231 made after 1883 |
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# 8233 |
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# 8251 |
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#8280 |
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# 8339 |
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# 8378 |
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# 8387 |
| no photo | # 8443 |
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# 8453 |
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# 8501 Charles Jr.s' personal instrument |
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#8504 |
| Year 1891-1892 | Coleman-Missenharter from here down |
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#8593 |
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# 8612 |
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# 8640 |
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# 8562 |
| Nov 23 1892 | Coleman moved to Phildadelphia |
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# 8732 |
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# 8899 |
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# 8908 |
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# 9034 |
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# 9113 |
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#9908 |
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# 9322 |
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# 9335 |
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# 9451 |
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# 9548 |
| Year 1893 | Won Medal in Chicago |
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# 10683 |
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# 10734 |
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# 10901 |
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# 10936 |
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# 11031 |
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# 11068 |
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# 11083 |
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# 11226 |
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# 11357 |
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# 11362 |
# 11412 |
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# 11513 |
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# 11687 |
# 11735 |
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#11767 |
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# 12039 |
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# 12072 |
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# 12016 |
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# 12131 |
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# 12150 |
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# 12159 |
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#12295 |
| 1917 | Stopped using Missenharter name |
Unidentified |
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