Baritone, B-flat
Maker
Johann Egerter
Date1938
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Germany, Europe
Serial No.211
SignedEngraved on garland (front): Johann Egerter MarkneukirchenEngraved on garland (back): No. 211 – 1938
Stamped on bell: Treble clef in pentagon, surrounded by three circles.
MarkingsStamped on spiral-spring support bar: treble-clef emblem, 2, 3
Stamped on lower valve cap (second valve): 8
Engraved on one of each inner slide leg: VIII
DescriptionBrass, German silver, oval, double loop, curved upright bell, tuning slide after valve section, curved fixed leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, Leipzig spiral-spring return.
Johann Nepomuk Egerter (1870-1955) is recorded in Markneukirchen from 1895 until after 1930. Similar baritones were offered for example in the trade catalog of Wilhelm Kruse in Markneukirchen in ca. 1932.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 820 mm
Tube length: 2681 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 12.8 mm, 12.3 mm, 13.4–14.4 mm, 13.5 mm
Mid-bore diameter: 18.8 mm
Bell diameter: 231 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1989 from Lark in the Morning, Mendocion, California.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 195-196, 198-199, 306.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06987
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