Keyed trumpet, F, C
Maker
James Cowlan
Date1822-1834 ca.
Place MadeLiverpool, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on shield at bell: Made by / J. COWLAN, / 39. Whitechapel. / LIVERPOOL.MarkingsNone
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, three closed keys for the right hand (raising the pitch by a semitone, a whole tone, and a minor third); brass crook for C.
Built for military use and designed to be held and played with one hand. First active in Dublin, James Cowlan moved to Liverpool in 1822, where he is recorded at 39 Whitechapel until 1834.
DimensionsHeight: 387 mm
Tube length: 1788 mm, 2376 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.5 mm, 11.3 mm
Bell diameter: 106 mm
Keyhole positions (from bell end): 144 mm, 228 mm, 343 mm
Keyhole diameters: 25 mm, 15 mm, 13 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1994 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesApple, Robert Warren. The Music Composed for Keyed Trumpet. 2022. University of Memphis. PhD Dissertation. p. 42.
Klaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 176, 182, 185–88, 257.
-------. “Die englische Klappentrompete: Eine Neueinschätzung,” in: Romantic Brass. Ein Blick zurück ins 19. Jahrhundert, ed. by Claudio Bacchiagaluppi and Martin Skamletz. Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern, vol. 4 (Schliengen: Edition Argus, 2015), pp. 235, 236, 241, 243.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07103
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