Keyed trumpet, G
Maker
Eduard Johann Bauer
Date1836-1840 ca.
Place MadePrague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on garland: K K befugte Instr: Fabrik [double eagle] des Ed. Joh. Bauer in Prag [Royal imperial privileged instrument manufactory of Ed. Joh. Bauer in Prague]MarkingsOne engraved stroke at the receiver ferrule, possibly indicating that this is no. 1 of a pair.
DescriptionBrass, double loop (shorter, longer loop), five closed keys for the left hand for g-sharp, a, b-flat, b-natural, and f2. No tuning slide.
Eduard Johann Bauer (ca. 1811-1871) was the son of instrument maker Johann Adam Bauer in Prague. Trained by his father, Eduard Johann received his license and citizenship in Prague in 1836. In 1844 he was granted a patent for valves. It is therefore likely that the present keyed trumpet was made between 1836 and 1844.
DimensionsHeight: 405 mm
Tube length: 1516 mm
Bore diameter: 11.6 mm, 10.4 mm
Bell diameter: 128 mm
Keyhole position (from bell end): 197 mm, 249 mm, 351 mm, 488 mm, 616 mm
Keyhole diameter: 9.5 mm, 9 mm, 8.5 mm, 8.5 mm, 8.5 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 2003 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesSabine Klaus, "The Utley Collection . . . New Jewels Include a Rare Keyed Trumpet by E. J. Bauer, Prague," National Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 31, No. 1 (February 2004), pp. 1-2.
-------. “Keyed Trumpet by Eduard Johann Bauer,” featured in the section “Historical Instrument Window,” ITG Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1 (October 2004), p. 57.
-------. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 175–78, 187, 257.
-------. “Die englische Klappentrompete: Eine Neueinschätzung,” in: Romantic Brass. Ein Blick zurück ins 19. Jahrhundert, ed. by Claudio Bacchiagaluppi and Martin Skamletz. Musikforschung der Hochschule der Künste Bern, vol. 4 (Schliengen: Edition Argus, 2015), pp. 241-242.
Edward Phillips, “The Keyed Trumpet and the Concerti of Haydn and Hummel: Products of the Enlightenment,” ITG Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4 (June 2008), p. 22.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2003
Object number10525
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