Name/Title
Penn's Wood Products, Inc. Tom Turpin wild turkey Yelper trumpet call with Roger Latham Turkey Yelper instructionsEntry/Object ID
PTC006A0018Description
Frank R. Piper established Penn's Woods Products, Inc. after buying Roger Latham's turkey call business in 1965. Latham had started his business by acquiring the turkey call portion of legendary Tom Turpin's callmaking business in 1957. The "Turpin-style" trumpet yelper thus had a chain of custody through that ownership, which Penn's Woods heavily leveraged in naming its calls and advertising its products. Penn's Woods followed Latham's example by making its trumpets from walnut, a domestically available wood. Penn's Woods calls did not have a finish applied and the interior of the calls were somewhat rough (unsanded). Whereas Turpin and Latham mostly used brass ferrules, the Penn's Woods trumpets utilized aluminum. Delrin mouthpieces with a rubber lipstop (or "stopper") rounded out the calls. This particular variant did not yet have a model number assigned, but had a bronze sticker labeled "Turkey Call, Tom Turpin Yelper" and had the company address. While the company would ultimately name its primary line of trumpets the "Tom Turpin" yelper, its earliest instructions used Roger Latham's name. Note the price of $5/95/ea for the call. There is at least one version of the instructions that predates this, with the street address listed as 124 Stotler Drive instead of 19 West Pittsburgh Street on this sheet.Collection
Brent Rogers collectionCataloged By
Brent RogersCondition
Overall Condition
GoodDate Examined
Jan 31, 2026Created By
Brent@awthf.orgCreate Date
February 1, 2026Updated By
Brent@awthf.orgUpdate Date
February 1, 2026
