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Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Date: 1938-1942 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No: 8335
SignedEngraved on bell: INDIANA / INDIANA - BAND - INST. CO. / ELKHART, IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings: "1" (first valve); "2" (second valve); "3" (third valve)
Stamped on second valve casing: 8335
DescriptionSilver-plated brass; bell interior gold plated; mother-of-pearl finger buttons
Main tuning slide with quick-change to A stop rod at the first bow
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide and third valve slide
Three tower-sprung Périnet valves with three uneqal guide pins each.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 498 mm
Bell diameter: 114 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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. 234.
Object number: 00675