Megaphone
Alternate name(s)
- Fireman's trumpet
Date1965-1985 ca.
Place MadeJapan, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on small rectangular brass tag inside bell: JAPAN
Cast on plastic nut at bell: U I.
Written with black felt pin inside each tube segment: 33
DescriptionCast brass, bell shaped.
Megaphone used by firemen.
DimensionsHeight: 592 mm
Bore at mouthpiece: 22 mm
Bell diameter: 245 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1999 on eBay.
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. 236–37, 271.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07361
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1850 ca.
1865-1870 ca.
