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Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Date: 1927
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: True-Tone model No. 9
Serial No: 227020
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART / -IND.- / U.S.A.
Stamped on second valve casing: [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] TRUE TONE / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: [trade mark] / PAT. OCT. 29. 07 / 227020 / LP / 9
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlays.
Main tuning slide for C with insert slide slide for B-flat; push-rod-activated quick-change to A.
Three Périnet valves
DimensionsHeight: 497 mm
Bell diameter: 109 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.12 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. 45.
Object number: 00679