Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Boehm & Meinl
Date1987
Place MadeGeretsried, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
ModelStandard
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: BÖHM & MEINL / GERETSRIED / WEST - GERMANYMarkingsStamped on underside of touch pieces and clock-spring braces: 11
Stamped on ball bearing of valve push rods: UNIBAL / S├ 230 / SWISS MADE
DescriptionBrass, lacquered, nickel-silver (ferrules and valve parts), single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return, windway 1-2-3.
Typical German B-flat rotary valve trumpet; predominantly used in the United States for German classical and romantic orchestra repertoire.
DimensionsHeight: 445 mm
Tube length: 1305 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 9 mm, 11 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 135 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Antique Sound Workshop Ltd., Brookline, Massachusetts, 1987.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06901
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