Mechanical slide trumpet, F, E, E-flat, D, C
Maker
Augustus Charles Köhler
Date1881 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.183
SignedEngraved on bell: T. Harper’s Improved. / 183 / KÖHLER & SON. / Sole Makers. / 35. Henrietta St,, Covent Garden, LondonMarkingsnone
DescriptionRed brass, yellow brass trim (no garland), single loop; slide with expansion-spring or elastic cord (rubber band replaced); helical fluting ferrules with thistle, shamrock, and rose decoration.
Original wooden case with printed paper label inside: [British Royal coat of arms] / KÖHLER & SON, / Military Musical Instrument Makers / TO HER MAJESTY’S ARMY & NAVY, / 116. Victoria Street, Westminster, London. S.W.
Brass mouthpiece with silver rim, stamped KÖHLER & SON / LONDON; three tuning bits; one bent shank stamped “F”
Four single-coiled crooks stamped “Eb”, “E”, “D” and “C” all of which can only be used as couplers in connection with the bent F shank, various tuning bits.
The instrument has a different address than the case. The Köhler firm moved from 35. Henrietta Street to 116. Victoria Street in 1881; this suggests that this trumpet may have been made in that year.
DimensionsHeight: 570 mm
Tube length: 1733 mm/ 1828 mm/ 1928 mm/ 2082 mm/ 2309 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.5 mm, 11 mm
Slide bore diameter: 11.3 mm
Bell diameter: 108 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1994 from Robb Stewart, Arcadia, California.
Published ReferencesKlaus, 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. 24–26, 28, 31, 33, 249.
-------. “Metallblasinstrumente im Zeitalter des Erfindergeistes” in Valve Brass Music: 200 Jahre Ventilblasinstrumente, ed. by Conny Restle und Christian Breternitz (Berlin: Nicolai, 2014), p. 173.
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/galpin/gdkl.html.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07115
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