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Trumpet, B-flat
Maker: Antoine Courtois
Distributor: H. & A. Selmer, Inc.
Date: 1932 ca.
Place Made:Paris, 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).
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
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
Bell diameter: 117mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.2mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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.
Object number: 00673