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Natural trumpet, B-flat
Natural trumpet, B-flat
Natural trumpet, B-flat

Natural trumpet, B-flat

Date1890 ca.
Place MadeVienna, Austria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: Josef Jarkovsky / [Instrumenten-Fa]brik: Neulerchenf: Grundsteing. / No 28 in Wien.
MarkingsStamped on garland opposite the signature: 60 RMB.
DescriptionBrass body; German-silver garland with straight upper edge, stamped, dotted lines; Saxon rim with iron wire insert; ferrules with engraved lines.

Natural trumpets were rarely built in the nominal pitch of 9-foot B-flat, the key of the tenor trombone. This instrument could have served as a bass trumpet in a brass ensemble that combined natural trumpets in a variety of keys.
DimensionsHeight: 940 mm
Tube length: 2870 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 12.0 mm, 11.5 mm
Bell diameter: 143 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 2004 from Jack and Suzanne Sigler, Ruskin, Florida.
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. 188, 261. Volume 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 153.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2004
Object number10785
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