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Trumpet, F

Date: 1987
Place Made:Geretsried, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Model: Model 216
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved in bell: BÖHM & MEINL / GERETSRIED / WEST GERMANY
MarkingsStamped on valve parts: 61
DescriptionBrass, nickel-silver (ferrules and valve parts), double loop, tuning slide at third bow, three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return, windway 1-2-3.

Modern German rotary-valve F trumpet for orchestral use, inspired by older Bohemian designs.


DimensionsHeight: 447 mm
Tube length: 1742 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 9 mm, 10.9 mm, 10.95 mm
Bell diameter: 134 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Antique Sound Workshop, LTD, Brookline, Massachusetts, date not recorded.
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 06935