Cornopean, B-flat, A, A-flat, G, F
Distributor
Metzler & Company
Date1850 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Place DistributedLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: Metzler & Co,, / Best London MadeMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass, double loop, tuning slide at second bow, three Stölzel valves (1, ½, 1½), spring in barrel, clapper key for left hand.
Black wooden case with original green cloth lining (faded) and brass fittings; three original, unstamped crooks and two tuning shanks of brass; silver trumpet mouthpiece stamped “ BENGE CG 3 S” (not original).
Typical English cornopean with clapper key. It is likely that this instrument is a Saxon import to London and that the signature refers to the dealer. A similar cornopean is illustrated in the draft to a catalog by Wilhelm Petzold, Markneukirchen, Saxony, from about 1850.
DimensionsHeight: 260 mm
Tube length: 1245 mm, 1300 mm, 1375 mm, 1435 mm, 1537 mm, 1725 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 12.1 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore diameter shanks and crooks (range initial, minimum): 11.7–11.6 mm, 9.8–9.7 mm
Keyhole position from bell end: 270 mm
Keyhole diameter: 12.4 mm
Bore diameter: 127 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 44-45, 50, 54-55, 281, 283, 297.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06817
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