Piccolo trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Kurt Scherzer
Date1955 ca.
Place MadeAugsburg, Germany, Europe
ModelProf. A. Piechler
Serial No.68 or 89
SignedEngraved on small bell: SCHERZER / Augsburg / Modell Prof. A. PiechlerMarkingsStamped on receiver ferrule: 68 or 89
Stamped on inside of valve casings and bottom valve caps: 7
DescriptionGerman-silver (body, valves, ferrules, and water keys), brass (bells), straight leadpipe and valve section, dummy tubing creates the appearance of a single-loop design, bell with slide fixed with ligature screw, three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, coil-spring return, vertical placement of finger buttons and push rods to be played like a piston-valve trumpet, water key at bell loop, windway 1-2-3.
Two alternative bells: one with wider, and one with narrower flare and final diameter. Silver mouthpiece stamped: YAMAHA JAPAN 11.
Kurt Scherzer (1895-1962) founded a workshop for brass instrument making in Augsburg (Germany) in 1933. He developed this piccolo trumpet in collaboration with composer and organist Prof. Arthur Piechler (1896-1974), director of the Augsburg Conservatory from 1945 to 1955. The German trumpeter Adolf Scherbaum (1909-2000), who specialized in baroque repertoire on piccolo trumpet, used this model. This particular trumpet belonged to a student of trumpet pedagogue Max Schlossberg (1873-1936), who played it in a baroque ensemble in the United States.
DimensionsHeight: 414 mm
Tube length: 585 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, bell slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 9.8 mm, 10.9 mm, 10.9 mm
Bell diameter (small, large): 78 mm, 90 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Richard J. Dundas, Rutland, Vermont, 1986.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06799
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