Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Lorenzo Sansone
Date1955 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.6047
SignedEngraved on bell: Lorenzo Sansone / New York / U. S. A. / 6047MarkingsStamped on support bar of valve coil-springs: 6047
Stamped on lower valve caps and valve casings: O
Lower valve caps marked with one, two and three dots, respectively.
DescriptionBrass, nickel-silver (ferrules, braces, main tuning slide, water key, finger hooks, valve parts), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three mechanical linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½) arranged for vertical playing, horseshoe stop, coil-spring return, brass rotors, single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with adjustable pull-ring at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
Lorenzo Sansone (1881-1975) was a professional horn player, horn teacher, author, designer and horn manufacturer. His teaching studio on Broadway in New York City doubled as an instrument workshop. This trumpet with German-type rotary valves is arranged for vertical playing, like a piston-valve trumpet. While this design is occasionally found in German trumpets (NMM 7137 and NMM 7138), it is very unusual in twentieth-century American trumpets. Sansone mainly produced horns and imported rotary valves from Germany. The valves seem to be identical with those Sansone used for his five-valve single horns. As a result, this trumpet has an unusually large bore, more suitable for horns than trumpets.
DimensionsHeight: 508 mm
Tube length: 1293 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 9.3 mm, 11.9 mm, 11.9 mm (0.469 inches)
Bell diameter: 122 mm (4 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1996.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07136
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