Trumpet, C, B-flat
Maker
Renold O. Schilke
Date1971
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelC6L
Serial No.5051
SignedStamped on left side of second valving: SCHILKE / CHICAGO / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped alongside left side of second valve casing: 5051
Stamped on bell guide channel and valve stems: 51
Stamped on receiver ferrule: C6L
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, burnished, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, removable bell with ligature-screw tuning slide, main tuning slide for C at first bow with individual tube inserts for B-flat, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal plastic lugs on spring anchor plate, single water key with hexagonal head at main tuning slide, trigger with thumb hook at first valve and pull ring at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
Two alternative sets of valve slides for C and B-flat.
Two individual slide inserts for B-flat (inserted between leadpipe and main tuning slide and between the latter and the valve segment).
Bell-tuning C6 model C trumpet with additional B-flat slides, large bell indicated by the letter L following the model designation.
DimensionsHeight: 476 mm
Tube length: 1156 mm, 1290 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, range of tuning slides, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 8.6 mm, 11.6-11.7 mm, 11.4 mm (0.449 inches)
Bell diameter: 127 mm (5 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Richard Dundas, Rutland, Vermont, 1990.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07016
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