Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Maker Brua Cameron Keefer Sr.

Date1923 ca.

Place MadeWilliamsport, Pennsylvania, United States, North America

Model"Stentor" Trumpet

Serial No.12620

SignedEngraved on bell: MADE. BY. / KEEFER / WILLIAMSPORT. PA.
MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: KEEFER (in oval) / 12620 / L 2 P
Stamped on spring stems: 620
Stamped on quick-change valve casing (bottom): KEEFER (in oval)
Stamped on quick-change top valve cap: B and A
Stamped on quick-change valve cap ring: 100
Stamped on valve casings and stem, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass (originally satin-finished, now mostly polished), bell interior and signature highlights gold-plated and burnished, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, rotary-valve quick-change to A with internal stop after valve segment, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three lugs on spring anchor plate, phosphor-bronze pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.

Keefer offered the "Stentor" Trumpet with "Swivel Slide Bb to A" in both, the 1922 and 1924 catalogs. The earlier catalog describes the instrument's features and capacities as follows: With its rotary-change from Bb to A, the "Stentor" offers every facility to the player who takes both band and orchestra engagements, and its anti-friction-metal-lined valve casings, needle-spring-steel-poised phosphore-bronze pumps and perfection of workmanship afford the soloist every resource of virtuosity.

DimensionsHeight: 506 mm
Tube length: 1314 mm, 1394 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 12 mm, 9.5 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.53 mm (0.454 inches)
Bell diameter: 114 mm (4½ inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Jack Silver, Bethesda, Maryland, 1985.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number06776

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