As an addendum, I think you are off the mark. The trademark is irrelevant to how anyone makes their horns. This is an application for a trademark not a patent, isn't it?
If you read how I worded what I wrote, I in no way state my opinion anywhere, other than by what I thought may have become common usage. I did intentionally bring it up to solicit opinion on this interesting issue. I am casting no aspersions upon Steve or his motives, and I have had the pleasure of talking to him at length about horn making.
Some other thoughts: Is this being done so that the mark cannot be used by some importer stencilling horns, or for some other purpose, such as making a custom horn under this name. I know that Carl's tooling and patterns were bought by someone else; who has would have the better claim to the renowned name to use the name Geyer? Would these horns have an "authentic" bad high note to give it the characteristic terror on a high solo {mine has a nonexistent high B natural}? : )
Stirring the pot,
Bob Losin
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