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Trumpet, F, low pitch
Distributor: Attributed C. Bruno & Son, Inc.
Date: 1950 ca.
Place Distributed:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: 58893
SignedStamped on brass lyre: BRUNO
MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 58893
Stamped on valve stem: 893
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on valve stem: 893
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, main tuning slide at first bow, second tuning slide at second bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside hollow stem, alignment by one key on nickel-silver-plated pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.
Brass lyre holder at third valve.
The lyre (stamped BRUNO) that survives with this 6-foot F orchestral trumpet suggests that the instrument may have been sold by Charles Bruno in New York, and also used for marching. The trumpet itself is unmarked.
Brass lyre holder at third valve.
The lyre (stamped BRUNO) that survives with this 6-foot F orchestral trumpet suggests that the instrument may have been sold by Charles Bruno in New York, and also used for marching. The trumpet itself is unmarked.
DimensionsHeight: 498 mm
Tube length: 1823 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 10.6 mm, 10 mm, 11 mm, 11.9 mm, 12 mm (0.472 inches)
Bell diameter: 140 mm (5½ inches)
Tube length: 1823 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 10.6 mm, 10 mm, 11 mm, 11.9 mm, 12 mm (0.472 inches)
Bell diameter: 140 mm (5½ inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Jack Silver, Washington, D. C..
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Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 06791