Bass trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Josef Lidl
Date1995 ca.
Place MadeBrno, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No.39226
SignedEngraved on bell: Lidl BrnoMarkingsStamped on receiver ferrule: 39226
Stamped on spring stems, top valve caps and left side of second valve casing: 39
DescriptionBrass (body), nickel-silver (ferrules, braces, finger hooks, upper part of valve casings, and slides), double loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal plastic lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, trigger with thumb-hook-operated double slide at first valve, windway 3-2-1.
Workshop founded by Josef Lidl (1864-1946) and taken over by his son Vaclav (1984-1972) in 1920. Lidl was expropriated in 1948, subsequently merged with Amati, Kraslice.
DimensionsHeight: 655 mm
Tube length: 2708 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.7 mm, 9.6 mm, 11.72 mm
Bell diameter: 153 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, Carlsbad, Czech Republic.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07227
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