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Piccolo trumpet, G
Alternate name:Hoch G-Trompete
Maker: Martin Peter
Date: 1997
Place Made:Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
Model: Hoch G-Trompete
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: Meister / Martin Peter / Markneukirchen
MarkingsStamped on spiral-spring-mechanism support bar: 5, 3, MADE IN GDR
Stamped on underside of touch pieces, inner cover plates and lower valve caps, respectively: 17, 18, 19, 20
Stamped on underside of touch pieces, inner cover plates and lower valve caps, respectively: 17, 18, 19, 20
DescriptionBrass, polished and lacquered (body), German silver (leadpipe, ferrules, valve parts, water key), narrow single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe with ligature screw, four mechanical-linkage rotary valves to lower the pitch by a whole tone, semitone, minor third, and fourth, ball-and-socket joint push rods, horseshoe stop, spiral-spring return, single water key at fourth valve slide, windway 4-3-2-1.
German-silver telescopic tuning slide.
Silver mouthpiece, stamped: 1½ C
Typical late 20th-century Markneukirchen-style piccolo trumpet.
German-silver telescopic tuning slide.
Silver mouthpiece, stamped: 1½ C
Typical late 20th-century Markneukirchen-style piccolo trumpet.
DimensionsHeight: 338 mm
Tube length: 657 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.4 mm
Bore diameter (telescopic tuning slide, initial, minimum): 11 mm, 10.4 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
Tube length: 657 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.4 mm
Bore diameter (telescopic tuning slide, initial, minimum): 11 mm, 10.4 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Martin Peter, Markneukirchen, Germany.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 07242