Mechanical slide trumpet, F, E, E-flat, D, C
Maker
John Webb
Date1988
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.34
SignedEngraved on garland: WEBB / LONDONMarkingsAll silver parts stamped: SILVER
Stamped on the bellpipe above the ball: 34
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 clock-spring return mechanism at back bow.
Four crooks for E, E-flat, D, and C, one straight and one bent tuning bit; silver mouthpiece stamped “WEBB”
Free copy of an English mechanical slide trumpet with clock-spring return.
DimensionsHeight: 605 mm
Tube length: 1796 mm, 1903 mm, 2014 mm, 2153 mm
Slide: 475 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.4 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore diameter slide: 11.2 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 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), pp. 22, 249.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06911
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