Slide trumpet or Mini trombone, B-flat
Date1997
Place MadeTaipei, Taiwan, Asia
ModelJupiter 314 L
Serial No.61063
SignedEngraved on bell to be read from the rim: JUPITERMarkingsStamped on bell slide barrel: 61063 / JST – 314 / TAIWAN
DescriptionBrass, red lacquer, no tuning slide; bell engraved in zigzag-line style with a depiction of Mount Fuji and large waves (around the circumference of the bell); the engraving reveals the brass color underneath.
Jupiter calls this model 314L “mini-trombone.” In the key of 4½-ft B-flat, it is pitched exactly one octave higher than a tenor trombone and uses a trumpet mouthpiece.
The engraving was commissioned by Joe Utley and is inspired by the famous woodcut "The Great Wave" by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849).
DimensionsHeight: 544 mm
Tube length: 1317 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10.8 mm, 9.8 mm
Slide bore diameter: 11.5 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Yamano Music, Tokyo, Japan.
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. 44, 251.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07226
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Adolphe Sax & Cie
1846-1854 ca.
