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Megaphone
Alternate name:Fireman's trumpet
Maker: Thomas George
Date: 1900-1950 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: THOS GEORGE / & CO / CHICAGO
Markingsnone
DescriptionNickel-plated brass, straight with flaring bell.
DimensionsHeight: 514 mm
Bore (at mouthpiece): ca. 15 mm
Bell diameter: 214 mm
Bore (at mouthpiece): ca. 15 mm
Bell diameter: 214 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1999 on eBay.
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. 236–37, 271.
Object number: 07360