Piccolo trumpet, C, B-flat, A
Maker
Yamaha
Date1982
Place MadeHamamatsu, Japan, Asia
ModelYTR 9910
Serial No.010031
SignedStamped on leadpipe: YAMAHA Custom / JAPANMarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: YAMAHA / JAPAN
Stamped on left side of third valve casing: YTR 9910 / 010031
Stamped in first valve casing: 1
Stamped on spring stems, respectively: 1 / M, 2 / M, 3 / M, and 4 / M
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, straight, detachable bell, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe with ligature screw, main tuning slide at bell tubing with ligature screw, four Périnet valves (lowering pitch by a whole tone, a semitone, a minor third, and a fourth), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal plastic lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, two single water keys at third and fourth valve slides, windway 1-2-3-4.
One telescopic tuning slide for leadpipe (C)
Two additional slides to elongate bell (B-flat and A)
One additional valve slide each for first and third valves
"Custom" is the highest-grade trumpet line of Yamaha, "M" indicates medium bore. This model was only made in the year 1982.
DimensionsHeight: 486 mm
Tube length: 508 mm, 524 mm, 576 mm, 626 mm
Bore diameter (initial, bell slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 11.3 mm, 11.3 mm (0.445 inches)
Bore diameter (leadpipe tuning slides for C, initial, minimum): 11 mm, 9.8 mm
Bore diameter (bell tuning slide for B-flat, initial, minimum): 12.5 mm, 11.8 mm
Bore diameter (bell tuning slide for A, initial, minimum): 12.4 mm, 11.7 mm
Bell diameter: 99 (4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Osmun Brass Instruments, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1989.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06972
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