Natural trumpet, D
Maker
Ronald K. Collier
Date1984
Place MadeNaperville, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: M RONALD COLLIER / IN NAPERVILLEMarkingsMaster's mark engraved on bell garland: I L [head of turbaned man facing right] E
This is a copy of the master’s mark of the trumpet NMM 7160, on which this trumpet is loosely based.
DescriptionBrass; garland with straight upper edge and tulip engraving; Nuremberg rim, twisted wire; ferrules with engraved rings; five tuning bits.
This instrument is a copy of the natural trumpet NMM 7160 by Johann Leonhard Ehe III.
DimensionsHeight: 745 mm
Tube length: 2239 mm
Bore diameter: 12.0 mm, 11.3 mm
Bell diameter: 108 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1992 from Barry Bauguess, New Bern, North Carolina, who played it with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (San Francisco), The Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Concert Royal (New York), The Grande Bande (New York), and City Musick (Chicago). Also used for a recording of G. F. Handel’s Israel in Egypt on Newport Classics.
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), pp. 254-55, 261.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07080
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