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Military signal trumpet, B-flat
Alternate name:Signal trumpet, B-flat
Alternate name:Cavalry trumpet, B-flat
Alternate name:Cavalry bugle, B-flat
Date: 1900 ca.
Place Made:England, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; garland with straight upper edge; Saxon rim with iron wire insert; ferrules with engraved lines; no tuning slide.
Standard military signal trumpet, as it was known in England, France, and Germany, and often referred to as "cavalry trumpet."
Standard military signal trumpet, as it was known in England, France, and Germany, and often referred to as "cavalry trumpet."
DimensionsHeight: 483 mm
Tube length: 1315 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.6 mm, 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
Tube length: 1315 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.6 mm, 10.9 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Jeanne S. Harley Antiques, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 222, 268.
Object number: 06999