Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker
Henri Selmer
Date1949 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelModel 60
Serial No.7296
SignedStamped on bell: HENRI / SELMER / PARIS / DÉPOSÉ / GRANDS PRIX / GENÈVE 1927 LIÈGE 1930 / H. Selmer. / 4. PLACE DANCOURT / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCEMarkingsStamped on second valve casing: HENRI / SELMER / PARIS / 7296Stamped on receiver: BB / LB / LP / 23
Stamped on valve stems: T
Stamped on valve caps and stems, respectvely: 19, 20, 21DescriptionBrass, lacquered, leadpipe of different alloy (more zinc), nickel-silver (inner slides and lower valve caps), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver pistons, single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with pull-ring at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
This trumpet implements Henri Selmer's US Patent 2,181,346, filed July 10, 1937, granted November 28, 1939, for outer metal sleeves that surround the valve casings where tubing enters and exits.DimensionsHeight: 488 mm
Tube length: 1272 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 8.9 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mmProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Jack Silver, Washington D. C.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06781
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