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Trumpet, B-flat
Maker: Musical instrument factory
Date: 1957
Place Made:St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia, Asia
Serial No: 56974
SignedStamped on bell: ЗД МИ / ЛЕНИНГРАД / N 56 974 / 1957г [ZD MI / LENINGRAD / N 56974 / 1957 g; musical instrument factory / Leningrad / … / year 1957]
MarkingsValve parts stamped: 42 and И
DescriptionNickel-plated brass, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, coil-spring return, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 1-2-3.
Instrument modeled after Saxon rotary-valve trumpets but manufactured in St. Petersburg, based on inscription, markings and unusual decoration style of braces.
Instrument modeled after Saxon rotary-valve trumpets but manufactured in St. Petersburg, based on inscription, markings and unusual decoration style of braces.
DimensionsHeight: 469 mm
Tube length: 1314 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 7.5 mm, 10.9 mm, 10.9-11 mm
Bell diameter: 130 mm
Tube length: 1314 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 7.5 mm, 10.9 mm, 10.9-11 mm
Bell diameter: 130 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1993 from a street vendor, Moscow, Russia.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 07091