Model 44 | Bb trumpet | Bore: .462" | Bell: 4-5/8" nickel-silver bell | Body: solid nickel silver | Finish: clear lacquer finish | Length: 21½"

1959 catalog: "Made of solid nickel silver. Designed by artists. Beautifully engraved. Exquisitely finished. Fast, dependable valve action. Remarkable, brilliant, penetrating tone quality, yet extremely full and rich. Try it -- you will be amazed and convinced. Built in large bore only. Furnished with striking modern Gladstone case."

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Model 45 | Same as Model 44 | First-valve trigger

Model 45 [SN 56089]. Photos used with permission from Lauderdale Wind (eBay Member: algee2).

Model TU-26 | Bb trumpet | First-valve trigger | Bore: .462" | Bell: 4-5/8" nickel-silver bell | Body: solid nickel silver | Finish: clear lacquer finish | Length: 21½"

Model TU-26 [SN 76877]. Photos used with permission from eBay Member: charlesfail and current owner Howard Solotroff.

Model TU-29 | Same as Model TU-26, but no first-valve trigger

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Model TU-26 | Bb trumpet | First-valve trigger | Bore: .468" | Bell: 4¾" nickel-silver bell | Body: solid nickel silver | Finish: epoxy coating

1966 catalog: "An open-blowing instrument of solid nickel-silver for that rich, dark tone that many American artists prefer to the usual brass brilliance. Short valve action affords quick response. Available without first-valve trigger (TU-29) at lower cost."

1970 catalog: "The Argenta Trumpet has the same distinctive characteristics as that of the Contempora, except that it is solid nickel-silver. This feature provides the trumpet player w ith a 'dark' tone, rather than the usual sound of brass brilliance. Fast-action valve pistons offer quick response. Available without first-valve trigger (TU-29) at lower cost."

Model TU-26 [SN 231860]. Photos used with permission from eBay Member: larry2174.

Model TU-29 | Same as Model TU-26, but no first-valve trigger

Model TU-29 [SN 251xxx]. Photos used with permission from Dick White (eBay Member: dwdwdw888.

Note: Models are listed in a 1973 price list, but not the 1977 catalog. At least one sample of an unassembled "new old stock" (NOS) Argenta bell from the mid-1970s appear to be made of yellow brass, not nickel silver. It is possible that these later models were nickel plated rather than solid nickel silver, but it's unknown when the metal compositon might have changed or if this example is even representative of the product line.

Model TU-26 | Bb trumpet | First-valve trigger | Bore: TBD | Bell: TBD | Body: TBD | Finish: TBD

Model TU-26 [SN 278814]. Photos courtesy of eBay Member: vintagespecials.

Model TU-29 | Same as Model TU-26, but no first-valve trigger

"New Old Stock" yellow-brass Argenta bell (see note below). Photo used with permission from Clay Collins (eBay Member: centex-brass).