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Keyed trumpet, G, F, E, E-flat, and D
Maker: John Webb
Date: 1988
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: 89
SignedStamped on copper cartouche on garland: WEBB / LONDON
MarkingsStamped on bell: 89
DescriptionBrass; double loop (shorter, longer loop); tuning slide at second bow; six closed keys for the right hand with flat key heads, pillar mounted with spiral springs, tone holes with brass chimneys.
Four crooks for F, E, E-flat and D, and one tuning shank for G.
Free copy of a keyed trumpet by Valeriano Beni, Città di Castello, 1836, at the Horniman Museum, London (14.5.47 / 286). Most details are authentic, except that the keys are closed by modern spiral springs instead of flat springs and the key heads are flat not round.
Four crooks for F, E, E-flat and D, and one tuning shank for G.
Free copy of a keyed trumpet by Valeriano Beni, Città di Castello, 1836, at the Horniman Museum, London (14.5.47 / 286). Most details are authentic, except that the keys are closed by modern spiral springs instead of flat springs and the key heads are flat not round.
DimensionsHeight: 439 mm
Tube length: 1550 mm, 1625 mm, 1625 mm, 1782 mm, 1913 mm, 1987 mm, 2100 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.2 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 140 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 216 mm, 342 mm, 396 mm, 476 mm, 543 mm, 619 mm
Keyhole diameters: 16 mm, 13 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5
Tube length: 1550 mm, 1625 mm, 1625 mm, 1782 mm, 1913 mm, 1987 mm, 2100 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.2 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 140 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 216 mm, 342 mm, 396 mm, 476 mm, 543 mm, 619 mm
Keyhole diameters: 16 mm, 13 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 from Scott Sorenson, Burnsville, Minnesota.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 181, 257.
Object number: 06909