End-blown trumpet
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeMongolia, Asia
Place MadeTibet, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
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.
DimensionsOverall length (straigth): 378 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.
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.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07177
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