Penn's Wood Products, Inc. Tom Turpin Yelper trumpet call

Object/Artifact

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Penn's Wood Products, Inc. Tom Turpin Yelper trumpet call with white sticker on ferrule

Penn's Wood Products, Inc. Tom Turpin Yelper trumpet call with white sticker on ferrule

Name/Title

Penn's Wood Products, Inc. Tom Turpin Yelper trumpet call

Entry/Object ID

PTC006A0014

Description

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 had a white sticker applied to the ferrule labeled "Tom Turpin" and had the company address.

Collection

Brent Rogers collection

Cataloged By

Brent Rogers

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Date Examined

Jan 31, 2026

Created By

Brent@awthf.org

Create Date

February 1, 2026

Updated By

Brent@awthf.org

Update Date

February 1, 2026