Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Maker Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Distributor C. G. Conn, Ltd.

Date1932 ca.

Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America

Model64B "Frat" or Slender Model

Serial No.98029

SignedEngraved on bell: PAN AMERICAN / - ELKHART, IND. U.S.A. -
MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: 98029
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Top valve caps marked with one, two, and three strokes respectively
DescriptionBrass, originally silver plated, narrow single loop, main tuning slide with quick-change to A stop rod at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on nickel-silver-plated pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.

This slender "peashooter" design was produced by Pan American between 1931 and 1948. A 1935 Pan American catalog advertises it as the "Frat" model with a 4¼ inch bell, "64-B-4. Polished Brass" and "64-B-2. Satin silver, gold bell." Although this trumpet now presents itself as the polished brass model, remnants of satin-finished silver plating suggest that it was actually made as model 64-B-2.

DimensionsHeight: 492 mm
Tube length: 1300 mm, 1342 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10 mm, 8.9 mm, 11.16 mm, 11.16 mm (0.439 inches)
Bell diameter: 109 mm (4 1/4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Robert Hazen, Washington, D.C.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number06782

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