End-blown trumpet
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeTibet, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionCopper (body, mouthpiece cup); brass (mouthpiece ferrule, knob, bell embellishments); irregular bell represents stylized makara's mouth (mouth of a sea dragon); fixed cupped mouthpiece formed of indented disk, no backbore.
The combination of copper and brass, the plain knob design, and the seamed tubing appears western. It is conceivable that this instrument was influenced by English brasswind traditions, while the Indian subcontinent was under British rule.
DimensionsOverall length, tube length: 292 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): 23 mm, 50 mm
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. 13-14, 274.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07178
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