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Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Date: 1928
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: True-Tone Model 10-22
Serial No: 239133
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART / - IND. - / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: TRUE TONE [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED and PAT. OCT. 29. 07 / 239133 / LP / A / 10-22
Stamped on valve spring stems and interior of upper valve caps: 239133
Stamped on valve casings, spring stems and upper valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on valve spring stems and interior of upper valve caps: 239133
Stamped on valve casings, spring stems and upper valve caps, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, lacquered, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow with stop-rod-operated quick-change to A , three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with pull ring at third valve slide, windway 3-2-1.
The patent referred to on the second valve casing is U.S. Patent no. 869,619 from October 29, 1907, for a continuously increasing metal thickness in the flaring part of the bell to prevent the tone becoming “split” when the instrument is blown with excessive pressure.
The patent referred to on the second valve casing is U.S. Patent no. 869,619 from October 29, 1907, for a continuously increasing metal thickness in the flaring part of the bell to prevent the tone becoming “split” when the instrument is blown with excessive pressure.
DimensionsHeight: 495 mm
Tube length: 1321 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 9.5 mm, 11.3 mm, 11.31 mm (0.445 inches)
Bell diameter: 114 mm (4 1/2 inches)
Tube length: 1321 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 9.5 mm, 11.3 mm, 11.31 mm (0.445 inches)
Bell diameter: 114 mm (4 1/2 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1988.
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Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
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Object number: 07214