Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Henri Selmer
Date1951 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Model59
Serial No.9195
SignedStamped on bell: HENRI / SELMER / PARIS / DÉPOSÉ / GRANDS PRIX / GENÈVE 1927 LIÈGE 1930 / H. Selmer. / 4. PLACE DANCOURT / PARIS / MADE IN FRANCEMarkingsStamped on second valve casing: HENRI / SELMER / PARIS / 9195
Stamped on receiver ferrule: 24A
Stamped on spring stems: Q
Stamped on valve casings, caps and stems, respectively: 28, 29, 30
DescriptionBrass, leadpipe of different alloy than the rest (more copper content), nickel-silver (inner slides, valve caps and finger buttons), mother-of-pearl inlay (finger buttons), single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver pistons, valve casings with sleeves, balanced action, water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with pull-ring at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
Henri Selmer Paris was under the directorship of Maurice Selmer (1891-1961). Valve design based on US Patent 2,181,346.
DimensionsHeight: 494 mm
Tube length: 1273 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.7 mm (first and third valves), 11.5 mm (second valve)
Bell diameter: 121 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Rich Ita, Marietta, Georgia, 1997.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07197
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