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Trumpet, B-flat

Maker Antoine Courtois

Distributor H. & A. Selmer, Inc.

Date1932 ca.

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Serial No.269

SignedStamped on bell: MÉDAILLE / DE / 1RE CLASSE / EXPOSITION / [U]NIVERSELLE / 1855 [within circle] / ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATIORE / NATIONAL / 88 rue des Marai[s] St. Martin / Paris / H. & A. SELMER, INC. / SOLE U.S. AGENTS / NEW - YORK
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: A. COURTOIS / PARIS (within oval) / 269 (6 stamped over a previous 2)
Stamped on valve cases and caps: "1" (first valve), "2" (second valve), and "3" (third valve).
DescriptionSingle-loop silver-plated brass body
Main tuning slide at first bow with single water key
French rim with iron wire insert

Three top-sprung Périnet valves; spring outside hollow stem; aligment with lug on piston, fitting in groove of vave casing
First valve slide with pull ring

Removable lyre holder
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 486mm
Bell diameter: 117mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.2mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesDavid Wayne Knutson, A Catalogue of the European Cornets and Trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1992, pp. 20-21.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number00673

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