Pocket trumpet, B-flat
Date1994
Place MadeEastlake, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelPKT-SP Colibri
Serial No.460751
SignedMachine-engraved on bell: BENGE / USAMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 43 460751
Stamped on right side of second valve casing: ML
Stamped on first and third valve slide ferrules: 51
Stamped on valve spring stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver and silver-plated brass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, triple loop, main tuning slide at second bow, 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 at first bow, trigger with thumb hook at first valve slide, windway 3-2-1.
Silver mouthpiece, stamped: BENGE // 7C.
Originally designed by Benge's foreman Lou Duda, this PKT-SP model pocket trumpet is also known as "Colibri." This example has a medium large bore. The bell is that of a full-size trumpet, a characteristic of Benge's pocket trumpet models, which have been described as the gold-standard among pocket trumpets because of this feature.
DimensionsHeight: 251 mm
Tube length: 1304 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.67 mm, 11.66 mm (0.459 inches)
Bell diameter: 122 mm (4 3/4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1994.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07106
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