Pocket trumpet, B-flat
Date1995
Place MadeTaipei, Taiwan, Asia
ModelJPT-416
Serial No.411824
SignedStamped on bell: JUPITER® / K. H. S. MUSICAL / INSTRUMENT TAIWANMarkingsStamped on leadpipe ferrule: JPT-416
Stamped on first valve casing: 411824
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass lacquered blue (body), burnished and clear lacquered (slides, finger buttons, valve caps, and bell interior), mother-of-pearl inlay at finger buttons, triple loop, main tuning slide at second bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside hollow stem, alignment by plastic key on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver pistons, pull-ring at third-valve slide, two Amado water keys at first and fifth bow, windway 3-2-1.
Brass mouthpiece, stamped: JUPITER 7C
This highly decorated modern pocket trumpet shows a bell engraving in zigzag-line style with flowers and foliage, revealing the brass underneath the blue lacquer.
DimensionsHeight: 222 mm
Tube length: 1308 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 8.9 mm, 11.67 mm, 11.67 mm (0.46 inches)
Bell diameter: 95 mm (3 3/4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from In Tune Inc., Tokyo, Japan, 1996.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07156
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