Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Date1926 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelTrue-Tone model no. 9
Serial No.206735
SignedEngraved on bell in zigzag-line style: THE / Buescher / ELKHART / IND.Stamped on second valve casing: [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] TRUE TONE / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectivley: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: TRUE TONE / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED / PAT. OCT. 29 07 / 206735 / LP / 09
Stamped on piston-spring cases: 206735
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish, mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlay
Main tuning slide with insert slide; quick-change to A (push-rod missing).
Three tower-spring Périnet valves, three unequal guide-pins each.
DimensionsHeight: 496 mm
Bell diameter: 108 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988. P. 42.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00565
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1927 ca.
