Piccolo trumpet, A
Maker
Gebrüder Alexander
Date1950 ca.
Place MadeMainz, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: GEBR. / ALEXANDER / MAINZMarkingsEngraved on horizontal support bar for clock-spring return: 38
Stamped on valve casings, lower valve caps, inner cover plates, push-rods, underside of touch pieces, and axle support bars: 3
Stamped on lower valve caps, respectively: one, two and three dots
DescriptionLacquered brass, German silver (ferrules, leadpipe, valve parts), single loop, telescopic tuning slide with ligature screw at leadpipe, four mechanical-linkage rotary valves with clock-spring mechanism for lowering the pitch by a whole tone, semitone, minor third, and fourth; horseshoe-stop, clock-spring return mechanism, windway 1-2-3-4.
Two German-silver telescopic tuning slides of different lengths.
DimensionsHeight: 248 mm
Tube length: 637 mm, 669 mm, 686 mm
Bore diameter (initial, valve slides): 10.5 mm, 9.7 mm
Bore diameter (shorter tuning slide, initial, minimum): 9.7 mm, 9.4 mm
Bore diameter (longer tuning slide, initial, minimum): 10.7 mm, 9.7 mm
Bell diameter: 91 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Richard Dundas, Rutland, Vermont, 1991.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07032
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