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End-blown trumpet
Vernacular name:Rkang-gling
Date: 1950 ca.
Place Made:North India, Asia
Place Made:Tibet, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionCopper; sea-monster-head bell and fish scale body in repoussé; partially painted with silvery color. Shallow-cup mouthpiece fixed to beginning of main tubing.
Tourist instrument.
Tourist instrument.
DimensionsOverall length (straight): ca. 435 mm
Tube length: ca. 500 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): 9.2 mm, 32.2 mm
Tube length: ca. 500 mm
External diameter (smallest, largest): 9.2 mm, 32.2 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1993, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
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. 275.
Object number: 07094