Keyed trumpet, G, E, E-flat
Maker
Rainer Egger
Date1998
Place MadeBasel, Switzerland, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: A. Egger, BaselMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass; double loop (shorter, longer loop); no tuning slide; five closed keys for the left hand with spoon-shaped key heads, box mounts with flat springs; toneholes with brass chimneys.
Two crooks for E and E-flat.
Copy of a keyed trumpet by Alois Doke, Linz, ca. 1825, in the Historisches Museum Basel (no. 1980.2369.). The signature “A. Egger” refers to the firm name “Adolf Egger,” the maker’s father.
DimensionsHeight: 455 mm
Tube length: 1560 mm, 1922 mm, 2040 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.3 mm, 10 mm
Bell diameter119 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 245 mm, 360 mm, 423 mm, 523 mm, 642 mm
Keyhole diameter: 10.4 mm, 10.4 mm, 10.3 mm, 10.3 mm, 10 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Rainer Egger, Basel, Switzerland.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 168, 176–78, 257.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07332
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