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Piccolo trumpet, B-flat, G
Piccolo trumpet, B-flat, G
Piccolo trumpet, B-flat, G

Piccolo trumpet, B-flat, G

Date1941
Place MadeBrussels, Belgium, Europe
Model521
SignedStamped on bell: W. E. SEAR / New-York / 521 / C. MAHILLON / BRUSSELS / SINCE 1836 / O / [six-pointed star]
MarkingsCast in round shield applied to bell (below signature): [Belgium Royal Coat of arms - lion rampant in black shield, two supporters in form of lion rampant regardant, standing on white motto scroll] L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE [crown, two crossed spears with Belgium flag]
Stamped on side of bell: MADE IN BELGIUM
Stamped on second valve casing: 6
Stamped on inside of upper valve caps, respectively: 16, 17, 18
DescriptionNickel-silver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe with ligature screw, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on pistons (nickel-silver-plated brass), single water key at first bow, windway 1-2-3.

Nickel-silver-plated tuning shank for B-flat.
Single-coiled, nickel-silver-plated crook with slide for G (maybe not original).

Dating based on letter O followed by six-pointed star.
DimensionsHeight: 208 mm
Tube length: 586 mm, 596 mm, 753 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 9.9 mm
Bore diameter (B-flat slide, initial, minimum): 10.8 mm, 9.9 mm
Bore diameter (F-crook, initial, minimum): 11.1 mm, 9.8 mm
Bell diameter: 85 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Vince DiMartino, Danville, Kentucky.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07264
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