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Keyed trumpet, G, E, E-flat
Maker: Rainer Egger
Date: 1998
Place Made:Basel, Switzerland, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on garland: A. Egger, Basel
Markingsnone
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.
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
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.
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 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 168, 176–78, 257.
Object number: 07332