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End-blown trumpet
Vernacular name:Rkang-gling
Vernacular name:Gangdan-büree
Date: 1900 ca.
Place Made:Mongolia, Asia
Place Made:Tibet, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; decorated with cast bead-rings and embossed flame pattern, dividing the wire-bound main tube into two sections; trapezoid bell with repoussé dragon’s face and perforated sides, maybe representing the dragon’s teeth; fixed shallow-cup mouthpiece.
The instrument is either Tibetan or Mongolian, where it is called gangdan-büree.
The instrument is either Tibetan or Mongolian, where it is called gangdan-büree.
DimensionsOverall length (straigth): 378 mm
Tube length: 383 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): 23 mm, 28 mm
Bell diameter: 40 mm/80 mm
Tube length: 383 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): 23 mm, 28 mm
Bell diameter: 40 mm/80 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 12, 17, 274.
Object number: 07177