Straight valve trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker
Robert Schopper
Date1895-1897 ca.
Place MadeLeipzig, Germany, Europe
ModelEngelstrompete
Serial No.45
SignedEngraved on bell garland: Instrumentenmacher, R. SCHOPPER, Leipzig, Engelstrompete, D. R. G. M. No. 33769.MarkingsStamped on bell receiver ferrule and on proximal end of bellpipe: 45
Stamped on valve casings and top valve caps: 4 (third valve), 5 (second valve), 6 (first valve)
DescriptionBrass, German silver, straight, two parts (leadpipe/valve segment; separate bell), bell slide with ligature screw, three mechanical linkage top-action rotary valves (1, ½, 1½) with stop arm and spiral-spring return, windway 1-2-3.
Inspired by increasing interest in historical repertoire towards the end of the 19th century, Robert Hermann Schopper (1859-1938) created this straight trumpet model in various keys, calling it angle trumpet (Engelstrompete or Cheruskertrompete). It was intended for use in historical concerts. The design was protected by Deutsches Reichs Gebrauchsmuster no. 33769 (German Registered Design), issued on November 19, 1894. Schopper displayed instruments of this design at the Saxon-Thuringian Trade Exhibition in Leipzig in 1897, as reported in Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau, 17 (1896–97): 847. Between 1893 and 1897, Schopper made close to one hundred Engelstrompeten using a rotary-valve action that was inspired by the American top-action rotary valve.
DimensionsHeight and tube length: 1397 mm
Height bell: 620 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.2 mm, 11.1 mm, 11.2 mm
Bell diameter: 151 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 2000 from Günter Dullat, Nauheim, Germany.
Published ReferencesClint Spell, “Three straight valve Trumpets, so-called “Engelstrompeten” (angel’s Trumpets) by Robert Schopper,” in: Historical Instrument Window, International Trumpet Guild Journal, March 2009, p. 63.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2000
Object number07486
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