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 / 7296
Stamped on receiver: BB / LB / LP / 23
Stamped on valve stems: T
Stamped on valve caps and stems, respectvely: 19, 20, 21
DescriptionBrass, 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 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from Jack Silver, Washington D. C.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06781
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