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Piccolo trumpet, B-flat
Maker: Helmut Finke
Date: 1970 ca.
Place Made:Exter, Westphalia, Germany, Europe
Model: Hoch B-Trompete
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: [triangle, vertical line, triangle] / FINKE / [vertical line, triangle, vertical line]
MarkingsStamped on rotors and underside of touch pieces: 2
DescriptionBrass, German silver (valve parts, ferrules, finger hook, pull ring and knob), straight, detachable bell with tuning slide and ligature screw, four mechanical-linkage rotary valves lowering the pitch by a whole tone, semitone, minor third, and fourth, horseshoe stop, coil-spring return, windway 1-2-3-4.
Principally, the same model as NMM 7186 in the less decorative style of the 1970s. The short tube section is soldered obliquely to the main tubing and fourth valve loop is open at both ends, not part of the active tubing. It was likely intended for holding and balancing the straight instrument.
Principally, the same model as NMM 7186 in the less decorative style of the 1970s. The short tube section is soldered obliquely to the main tubing and fourth valve loop is open at both ends, not part of the active tubing. It was likely intended for holding and balancing the straight instrument.
DimensionsHeight and tube length: 618 mm
Height bell: 364 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, bell slide, valve slides): 10.8 mm, 8.9 mm, 11 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 90 mm
Height bell: 364 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, bell slide, valve slides): 10.8 mm, 8.9 mm, 11 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 90 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Walter Chestnut, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 07244