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Natural trumpet, D, C (a1 = 440 Hz, and 415 Hz)
Natural trumpet, D, C (a1 = 440 Hz, and 415 Hz)
Natural trumpet, D, C (a1 = 440 Hz, and 415 Hz)

Natural trumpet, D, C (a1 = 440 Hz, and 415 Hz)

Date1998
Place MadeWest End, Surrey, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEmbossed on garland: WILLIAM · BVLL LONDINI · FECIT · (refers to trumpet on which this copy is based)
MarkingsEngraved on cartouche at garland: DAE (maker's initials)
DescriptionSilver-plated brass; can be disassembled into four segments, front bow attached to bell with wire through two holes; garland with floral decoration in repoussé.

Two additional yards with four ventholes, alternative bell bow with one coil for C, shank. The instrument can be set up as natural trumpet and as four-hole vented trumpet.

Copy of William Bull trumpet at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (1947.191.154).
DimensionsHeight: 740 mm
Tube length: 2183 mm, 2261 mm, 2467 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.1 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 108 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from David Edwards, West End, Surrey, England.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 165–66, 253, 259, 269.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07324
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