Martinus Geelen Trumpets

Handmade in the Netherlands

The workshop of MG Trumpets / Bec’s Brassworks is located in Wijk bij Duurstede, close to "the green heart" of the Netherlands. In the workshop we work with the two of us: Mark Geelen and Becci Carr. Mark is an instrument builder and professional trumpet player. He plays with several ensembles like the Dutch Bach Society (see www.allofbach.com) and as a guest player with the Orchestra of the 18th century. Becci (bec's brassworks) has had an interesting carreer as a designer and seamstress working for Ted Baker and Jack Wills. Then she decided to learn goldsmithing. Becci has magic hands and a good eye for detail. Whenever there is time (in between looking after our two little boys) Becci assists with repairs, maintenance and work on historic and modern instruments.

Fully Customized

Since every player has different needs and preferences we make every instrument completely taylored. This we do for all the instruments we offer.

As a professional performing artist I know how important it is that the equipment functions as an extension of musical ideas and the physical input. In the ideal situation the instrument is as little “in the way” as possible. A good matching instrument frees up the players mind and boosts the confidence.

At the start of the custom design process I always like to discuss these preferences, past experiences with other instruments made by other makers, etc. Ideally see/hear the person play. All to achieve the best possible impression of what is needed.

This kind of consultation process leads to a design plan. And that leads to the build of a better custom trumpet. If you are interested to talk about this with me then please contact me.

For your information

All the product photos on this website are non photoshopped, real life photos. I like to keep things real. If any editing was done then this was only to improve contrast, shadows or brightness of the photos to make them blend in better on the website.

In house part production

This little video below shows what kind of work goes into making in house parts. This is the making of some simple but important natural trumpet components. For small parts we often use the biggest machines. Not what one would expect. Every little step has to be of high quality using decent machinery because part making is a chain of events that need to end up in the best and nicest fitting parts to produce the best and nicest instruments ;).

Classical Trumpet Corpus with a Bb Crook