Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
David G. Monette
Date1985
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelM or Classic model
Serial No.117
SignedStamped on receiver: MONETTEMarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: 117
Stamped on trigger ligature screw: S
Top valve caps marked with strokes, respectively: I, II, III
DescriptionRaw brass, nickel-silver (ferrules, upper part of valve casing, valve stems), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, singe loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), alignment of piston by one guide pin formed as integral part of stem fitting in hole of spring anchor plate, alignment of whole assembly by one key on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, Amado water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with pull-ring at first valve and with pull-ring and ligature-stop-screw at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
Vincent Bach 5B silver trumpet mouthpiece.
Custom made for Joe Utley two years after Monette began manufacturing in May 1983. This model M, later known as Classic B-flat trumpet, was Monette's first trumpet design. Although conventional in appearance, it is heavier than a normal trumpet with the intent to give a high degree of clarity and resonance to the sound.
DimensionsHeight: 491 mm
Tube length: 1318 mm
Bore diameter (initial, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.63 mm (0.458 inches)
Bell diameter: 125 mm (5 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from David G. Monette Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
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), p. XIV.
-------. “The Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection: A Trumpeter’s Dream Comes True,” International Trumpet Guild Journal 34, no 4 (June 2010), p. 39.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06792
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