Trumpet, F
Maker
Helmut Finke
Date1970 ca.
Place MadeHerford-Exter, Westphalia, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: FINKE / HERFORD / EXTERMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass (body), nickel-silver (fittings and valve parts), single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), coil-spring return, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 1-2-3.
Long single loop F trumpet with narrow bell influenced by the natural trumpet. Helmut Finke moved his firm to Exter near Herford in 1964.
DimensionsHeight: 625 mm
Tube length: 1769 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.4 mm, 9.1 mm, 11 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 105 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Lark in the Morning, Mendocino, California, U.S.A., 1989.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06961
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