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Natural trumpet, E-flat
Natural trumpet, E-flat
Natural trumpet, E-flat

Natural trumpet, E-flat

Date1820 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
ModelShort model
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: WILLM SANDBACH 40 PERCY ST TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD LONDON.
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; garland with straight upper edge, stamped and chased thistle, shamrock, and rose decoration; half-round rim wire on top of lower garland edge, which is not folded over the bell's edge; impressed helical-fluting ferrules, surrounded by dots, stripes, and acanthus leaves.

This short-model, double-looped trumpet was a modification of the English single-loop, long natural or parade trumpet. The shorter length made this design more suited for the military, in combat and on horseback. The short trumpet is, therefore, occasionally referred to as Cavalry Trumpet (A. Hipkins).
DimensionsHeight: 358 mm
Tube length: 1860 mm
Bore diameter (internal, minimum): 11.7 mm, 10.8 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Tony Binghma, London, England.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. "Die englische Klappentrompete: Eine Neueinschätzung," in: Romantic Brass. Ein Blick zurück ins 19. Jahrhundert, ed. by Claudio Bacchiagaluppi and Martin Skamletz. Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern, vol. 4 (Schliengen: Edition Argus, 2015), pp. 233-234.

Klaus, S. K. 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. 173, 178-79, 181, 262; Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), p. 182.

Possibly illustrated in A. J. Hipkins, Musical Instruments: Historic, Rare and Unique (London A. and C. Black, Ltd., 1921), plate XXXVI.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07164
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