Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Date1927
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelTrue-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.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00679
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1936 ca.
Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1927 ca.
