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End-blown trumpet
Vernacular name:Rkang-gling
Date: 1800 ca.
Place Made:Tibet, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionSilver; two telescopic sections; chased fire and cloud decoration; bell in stylized sea monster shape (makara); fixed shallow-cup mouthpiece.
The rkang-gling of metal is preferred for ensemble playing as it is louder than its bone counterpart, and offers more immediate response, allowing more nuanced articulation. The telescopic design and narrow initial bore at the shallow-cup mouthpiece is unusual for a rkang-gling (short trumpet) and influenced by the dung-chen (long trumpet).
The rkang-gling of metal is preferred for ensemble playing as it is louder than its bone counterpart, and offers more immediate response, allowing more nuanced articulation. The telescopic design and narrow initial bore at the shallow-cup mouthpiece is unusual for a rkang-gling (short trumpet) and influenced by the dung-chen (long trumpet).
DimensionsOverall length, tube length: 292 mm
Bore (initial in nouthpiece): 3 mm
Bell width: ca. 52 mm
Bore (initial in nouthpiece): 3 mm
Bell width: ca. 52 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from E & J Frankel, New York, New York.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 14, 274.
Object number: 07319