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Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Date: 1917-1918
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: New Wonder, Bb/A (LP)
Serial No: 147815
SignedEngraved on bell: NEW / WONDER TRUMPET / C. G. CONN Ltd / ELKHART / IND.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 147815 / PATENTED
DescriptionBrass, lacquered; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlays.
Main tuning slide with insert slide; quick-change to A (push-rod missing)
Three Périnet valves
Third-valve-slide trigger (ring dented)
DimensionsHeight: 490 mm
Bell diameter: 118 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. 98.
Object number: 00769