He resumed his career as a performer, interrupted by another term of compulsory military service, this time in the US military as a musician. At the outbreak of World War I, he was in England and was forced to change his name and flee to the United States in order to escape detention as an enemy alien. When he left the military the second time, Vincent decided to defy his family’s wishes and pursued a career as a solo cornetist touring Europe. After he graduated from Maschinenbauschule (Mechanical Engineering School, Ansbach) with an engineering degree, he entered into compulsory military service in the Imperial Navy, worked as an elevator operator, and then was re-conscripted during which time he served as a military musician in the Austrian Marine Band. By age 12 he had concentrated on the trumpet. As a child he received training on violin, trumpet and bugle.

Vinzenz Schrottenbach (sometimes misspelled 'Vincenz Schrotenbach') was born in Baden near Vienna in 1890. The slide is good, no dents, glides smoothly, with some cosmetic wear of the finish. Very good playing condition, but with cosmetic dings and wear from use on the bell and stem, does not affect performance of the instrument. What year was selmer bundy trumpet serial number 30550. When was the Selmer Bundy trumpet with serial number 929808 manufactured? Best estimates put this trumpet as being manufactured after 1983.

The company was founded in 1918 by Austrian-born trumpeter Vinzenz Schrottenbach (Vincent Bach). The Vincent Bach Corporation is an American manufacturer of brass musical instruments that began early in the twentieth century and still exists as a subsidiary of Conn-Selmer, a division of Steinway Musical Instruments.

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