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Natural trumpet, D, C
Maker: David A. Edwards
Date: 1998
Place Made:West End, Surrey, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedNot signed by the maker.
Embossed on garland: SIMON · BEALE · LONDINI · FECIT · 1667 (refers to trumpet on which this copy is based)
Embossed on garland: SIMON · BEALE · LONDINI · FECIT · 1667 (refers to trumpet on which this copy is based)
Markingsnone
DescriptionCopper with solid silver garnishes; can be disassembled into four segments, front bow attached to bell with wire through two holes; garland with floral decoration in repoussé.
Two additional yards with four ventholes; alternative bell bow with one coil for C; shank and extension. The instrument can be set up as a natural trumpet and as a four-hole vented trumpet.
Copy of Simon Beale trumpet at the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments in Oxford (x 78).
Two additional yards with four ventholes; alternative bell bow with one coil for C; shank and extension. The instrument can be set up as a natural trumpet and as a four-hole vented trumpet.
Copy of Simon Beale trumpet at the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments in Oxford (x 78).
DimensionsHeight: 720 mm
Tube length: 2168 mm, 2244 mm, 2553 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.3 mm, 11.1 mm
Bell diameter: 100 mm
Tube length: 2168 mm, 2244 mm, 2553 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.3 mm, 11.1 mm
Bell diameter: 100 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from David Edwards, West End, Surrey, England.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
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. 165–66, 253, 269.
Object number: 07325