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Walking-stick trumpet
Walking-stick trumpet
Walking-stick trumpet

Walking-stick trumpet

Date1998
Place MadeOttawa, Canada, North America
Serial No.67
SignedEngraved on garland: THE GENTLEMAN’S Trumpet BY BARCLAY OF OTTAWA
MarkingsEngraved on garland: 67
DescriptionBrass; one-loop tubing, encased in mahogany and leather-covered; detachable bell; mouthpiece and bell opening can be covered by screw-on cap of brass and wood, respectively.

Faithful copy of the walking stick trumpet by John Augustus Köhler, London, at the Royal College of Music, London, no. 296. Missing bell and mouthpiece reconstructed.
DimensionsHeight: 965 mm
Tube length: ca. 1900 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.7 mm, 11.2 mm
Bell diameter: 96 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Robert Barclay, Ottawa, Canada.
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. 231, 266.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07341
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