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Trumpet, B-flat
Maker: Andrew Taylor
Date: 1995
Place Made:Norwich, England, Europe
Model: Retro Renaissance Custom Shop
Serial No: FO9035
SignedEngraved on bell: Taylor RENAISSANCE Custom Shop
MarkingsEngraved on leadpipe receiver: TAYLOR. U.K.
Stamped on right side of second valve casing: FO9035
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 35 and 1, 2, 3
Stamped on valve casings (first and third valves): 1, 3
Stamped on right side of second valve casing: FO9035
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 35 and 1, 2, 3
Stamped on valve casings (first and third valves): 1, 3
DescriptionBrass (body), red-brass (bell), polished and lacquered, nickel-silver (leadpipe, outer slides, water key and upper part of valve casing), red abalone pearls (knob inlay, braces and third-valve finger-ring screw), finger buttons made of British five-pence-coins (embossed ELIZABETH II / D · G · REG · F · D · 1991), single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal plastic lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-siver-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, trigger with adjustable pull-ring and stop rod at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
This traditional looking Retro 'Renaissance' Custom Shop trumpet was the first of Andy Taylor's Heritage series. Taylor's Heritage series combines vintage looks of the 1920s through 1960s with modern trumpet design, making the instruments sound louder than the old ones on which they are based.
This traditional looking Retro 'Renaissance' Custom Shop trumpet was the first of Andy Taylor's Heritage series. Taylor's Heritage series combines vintage looks of the 1920s through 1960s with modern trumpet design, making the instruments sound louder than the old ones on which they are based.
DimensionsHeight: 483 mm
Tube length: 1342 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 9.2 mm, 11.61 mm, 11.65 mm (0.459 inches)
Bell diameter: 129 mm (5 1/8 inches)
Tube length: 1342 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 9.2 mm, 11.61 mm, 11.65 mm (0.459 inches)
Bell diameter: 129 mm (5 1/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Andrew Taylor, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 07224