Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Date1923
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelTrue-Tone Model 11
Serial No.126956
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / Buescher / ELKHART / IND.MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: TRUE TONE [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED / 126956 / LP / 11
Stamped on spring stems and interior of upper valve caps: 126956
Stamped on shorter inner slide of main tuning slide: 56
Stamped on quick-change valve casing: 755
Stamped near score mark of first valve slide: A
Stamped on valve casings, top valve caps and spring stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionGold-plated brass, satin finish with burnished highlights (ferrules, braces, bell interior, valve caps, finger buttons, and areas of bell engraving), mother-of-pearl inlay (finger buttons), single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, quick-change rotary valve with internal stop for A (perpendicular to main tubing), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½ ), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by three lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.
In the early 1920s, Buescher offered three trumpet models with rotary valve quick-change to A: Model 11 (1921), Model 12 (ca. 1922), and Model 13 (ca. 1923). In all these models, the rotary-valve quick-change was placed perpendicular to the main tubing; they were principally the same. The stamp found on this trumpet appears to indicate that it was sold as Model 11, low pitch.
DimensionsHeight: 495 mm
Tube length: 1317 mm, 1397 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.6 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.2 mm, 11.17 mm (0.44 inches)
Bell diameter: 108 mm (4 1/4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1988.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06943
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