Trumpet, E-flat, D
Maker
Renold O. Schilke
Date1979
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelE3L
Serial No.10484
SignedStamped on left side of second valve casing: SCHILKE / CHICAGO / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped alongside left side of second valve casing: 10484
Stamped on receiver ferrule: E3L
Stamped on bells and valve slides, respectively: Eb and D
Stamped on guide channel of both bells: 0484
Stamped on valve stems: 84
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, burnished, mother-of-pearl finger buttons (hexagonal), removable bell (two alternatives) with ligature screw serving as main tuning slide, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal plastic lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, single water key with hexagonal head at third valve slide, trigger with thumb hook at first valve and with pull ring at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
Two exchangeable bells for E-flat and D.
Two complete sets of valve slides for E-flat and D.
Precise dating is not possible, since there is no complete list of Schilke serial numbers available at this point. Schilke started making the E3L tuning bell E-flat/D trumpet in 1968, describing the model in catalogs as follows: The model ‘E3L’ custom-built trumpet in ‘E’ and ‘D’ is our most popular ‘E/D’ trumpet. This instrument comes standard with both additional bell and slides in the key of ‘D’ ... Detachable Tuning Bells are available on almost all custom-built trumpets.
DimensionsHeight: 440 mm, 483 mm
Tube length: 948 mm, 997 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, bell slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 8.7 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.39 mm (0.449 inches)
Bell diameter: 119 mm (4 1/2 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Vince DiMartino, Danville, Kentucky.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07268
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