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Slide trumpet, B-flat
Maker: Getzen Company
Date: 1950 ca.
Place Made:Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Model: Deluxe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: Getzen / DELUXE / ELKHORN / WIS.
MarkingsStamped on slide lock and slide sleeve: PAT. PEND.
DescriptionBrass, nickel-brass slides; no tuning slide.
This slide trumpet deviates from the normal trombone design by having a much narrower slide, which is less obvious when being played. This instrument was advertised as Getzen B? Slide Trumpet in catalogs of the 1950s, and praised as being ideal for children to learn the fundamentals of brass playing. Described as “ruggedly built of brass, polished and lacquered,” it was also played by famous trumpeters such as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bobby Hackett. Since the slide was unfamiliar to most cornet and trumpet players, the slide positions are marked with raised notches on the outer slide.
This slide trumpet deviates from the normal trombone design by having a much narrower slide, which is less obvious when being played. This instrument was advertised as Getzen B? Slide Trumpet in catalogs of the 1950s, and praised as being ideal for children to learn the fundamentals of brass playing. Described as “ruggedly built of brass, polished and lacquered,” it was also played by famous trumpeters such as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bobby Hackett. Since the slide was unfamiliar to most cornet and trumpet players, the slide positions are marked with raised notches on the outer slide.
DimensionsHeight: 453 mm
Tube length: 1310 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10.4 mm, 9.6 mm
Slide bore diameter: 11.6 mm (0.457 inches)
Bell diameter: 120 mm
Tube length: 1310 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10.4 mm, 9.6 mm
Slide bore diameter: 11.6 mm (0.457 inches)
Bell diameter: 120 mm
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. 44, 51, 250.
Object number: 06978