End-blown trumpet
Date1850 ca.
Place MadeTibet, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionBone of a left human femur: ball joint removed, leaving blunt end, marrow canal forming naturally hollow bore, knee-joint forming double bell; wire binding.
According to the street vendor who sold this instrument to Joe Utley, the bone originated from a Tibetan monk.
DimensionsOverall length, tube length: 330 mm
Bore (initial, minimum): 19 mm, 17 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 64 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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. 10-11, 274.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07198
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