Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1958
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelVictor
Serial No.733904
SignedEngraved on bell: [three marching bandsmen with sousaphone, saxophone, trumpet] / CONN / U.S.A.MarkingsEngraved on leadpipe: VICTOR
Stamped on second valve casing: 733904
Stamped on valve casings and top of pistons, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass (body), nickel-silver (valve cases, outer slides, water keys and finger hook), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop with upward turned bell (not original), main tuning slide at second bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), buttom-sprung, spring attached to bottom valve cap, alignment by one key on pin head, guide pin fitting in bearing hole of Clickless Crysteel pistons, cork keeps distance between pin head and piston, single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with adjustable pull ring (lost), windway 3-2-1.
Silver-plated brass mouthpiece, stamped: VINCENT BACH CORP MT VERNON NY 10-½ C
This VICTOR trumpet combines features of an early rendition of the 6B model (bottom-sprung valves and brass leadpipe) with a feature of the later 6B model (adjustable third-valve pull ring, now lost). The transition from the earlier to the later 6B model took place around the time this trumpet was manufactured. It was later changed into a Dizzy Gillespie-style trumpet by bending the originally straight bell upwards.
DimensionsHeight: 456 mm
Tube length: 1302 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 8.5 mm, 11.1 mm, 11.1 mm (0.438 inches)
Bell diameter: 118 mm (4 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Ken McCloskey, Delray Beach, Florida, 1985.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06773
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