Megaphone
Alternate name(s)
- Fireman's trumpet
Maker
Thomas George
Date1900-1950 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: THOS GEORGE / & CO / CHICAGOMarkingsnone
DescriptionNickel-plated brass, straight with flaring bell.
DimensionsHeight: 514 mm
Bore (at mouthpiece): ca. 15 mm
Bell diameter: 214 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1999 on eBay.
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. 236–37, 271.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07360
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