Trumpet, E-flat
Maker
Boehm & Meinl
Date1986
Place MadeGeretsried, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
ModelNo. 350 "Es Fanfare"
Serial No.... 32
SignedEngraved on bell: BÖHM & MEINL / GERETSRIED / WEST-GERMANYMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing, partly covered by brace mount: [covered content] 32
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one plastic key on nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, windway 3-2-1.
Brass mouthpiece
Imitation of a baroque natural trumpet in pitch and appearance, but with modern piston valves. In the purchase bill this instrument is referred to as a “Herald Valve Trumpet.”
DimensionsHeight: 750 mm
Tube length: 2056 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.9 mm, 11 mm, 10.96 mm
Bell diameter: 140 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Antique Sound Workshop, Ltd., Brookline, Massachusetts, 1987.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06881
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