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Trumpet, B-flat, low pitch
Distributor: C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date: 1925-1940 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Cavalier
Serial No: 06296
SignedEngraved on bell: Cavalier / ELKHART. IND. / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 06296
Stamped on second valve casing: 06296
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish, bell interior originally gold plated (now mostly worn off), slides burnished; mother-of-pearl finger buttons
Main tuning slide with single water key at first bow
French rim with iron wire insert
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves, one key on piston, fitting in groove inside valve casing
Main tuning slide with single water key at first bow
French rim with iron wire insert
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves, one key on piston, fitting in groove inside valve casing
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 509 mm
Bell diameter: 108 mm
Bell diameter: 108 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 104.
Object number: 00954