Trumpet, high G

Maker Couesnon

Date1960 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Model2205

Serial No.37485

SignedStamped on bell: [cylindrical figure] MONOPOLE (on banner flanked by crock's heads) / COUESNON / PARIS / 37485 / MONOPOLE / CONSERVATOIRES / MADE IN FRANCE

MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: [cylindrical figure] MONOPOLE (on banner flanked by crock’s heads) / CONSERVATOIRE / PARIS

Stamped on receiver ferrule: B and 25
Stamped on inner valve slides: 25
Stamped on right side of second valve casing: B
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, burnished and lacquered, nickel-silver (outer slides), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe with ligature screw, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on nickel or steel pistons, single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, windway 3-2-1.

Couesnon's Monopole Conservatoire was a higher quality line, geared at professionals rather than military bands. This high G trumpet was intended for orchestral use.
DimensionsHeight: 434 mm
Tube length: 774 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tubing slide, valve slides): 9.9 mm, 9.8 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.55 mm
Bore diameter (tuning shank, initial, minimum): 9.3 mm, 9.2 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Richard Dundas, Rutland, Vermont, 1990.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number06990

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