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Trumpet, F

Date: 1970 ca.
Place Made:Herford-Exter, Westphalia, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: FINKE / HERFORD / EXTER
Markingsnone
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 Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 06961