Mechanical slide trumpet, F
Maker
John Webb
Date1990
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.32
SignedEngraved on garland: WEBB / LONDONMarkingsAll silver parts stamped: SILVER
Stamped on bellpipe above the ball: 32
DescriptionBrass, silver trimmings; repoussé garland with thistle, shamrock, and rose decoration, musical instruments and weapons; telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe with wing screw; slide with compression-spring return mechanism at back bow.
Crook for D; silver mouthpiece stamped “WEBB”
Free copy of a compression-spring mechanical slide trumpet.
DimensionsHeight: 588 mm
Tube length: 1894 mm
Slide: 470 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.8 mm, 11.3 mm
Bore diameter slide: 11.2 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Scott Sorenson, Burnsville, Minnesota.
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), p. 249.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06993
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