Stage trumpet with three bells
Maker
Milliens Workshop
Date1990-1992
Place MadeBlois or Paris, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass, horn bells (one functioning, two dummy bells).
Designed by Philippe Découflé, director of the ceremony for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Savoie, France, and made by the artisans at the Milliens Workshop in Paris. The instrument is constructed from hunting horn segments (including all three bells), the Milliens workshop's primary output.
DimensionsTube length: 1802 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.4 mm, 11.2 mm
Bell diameter (all three bells): 269 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1996 from Jean-Michel Renard, Bellenave, France.
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. 232–33, 270.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07180
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