Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Curt Wohlrab Jun
Date1955-1960 ca.
Place MadeNauheim, Germany, Europe
Place PublishedHeidelberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.1922
SignedStamped on second valve casing: 1922 / MADE IN GERMANY / Wohlrab-PatentMarkingsStamped on valve casings, stems and top valve caps, respectively: 19, 20, 21
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, artificial mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), second-valve loop integrated in piston, bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.
The second valve of this trumpet is constructed according to German patent No. 805,488, class 51c, group 25 02 (applied for April 5, 1949, by Curt Wohlrab junior, and granted March 15, 1951). In Wohlrab's patent, all three external valve loops are eliminated and transferred inside the pistons as hidden straight or spiraling tubing.
DimensionsHeight: 484 mm
Tube length: 1310 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 9.7 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.56 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm (4½ inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1990.
Published ReferencesSabine K. Klaus (ed.), “Wohlrab Trumpet in 4½-foot B-flat” (x-ray of NMM 7025 and trumpet owned by Giles Whittome), International Trumpet Guild Journal, vol. 40, no. 1 (October 2015), p. 48.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07025
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