Trumpet, B-flat, A, C, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1928-1929 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model18B
Serial No.253608
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN Ltd. / ELKHART, IND. / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on leadpipe: 18B
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: B / 253608 / PATENTED
Stamped on quick-change slides, respectively: A Bb
Stamped on first and third valve slides: Bb
DescriptionLacquered brass; mother-of-pearl inlays in finger buttons and bottom valve caps
Main tuning slide with rotary-valve quick-change to A; alternative main tuning slide for C.
Flaring part of bell made seperately and soldered to conical part with tab seam
French rim with iron wire insert
Two single water keys at the main tuning slide and one at each of the third valve slides
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins each
Trigger with pull ring at third valve slide
Duo bore trumpet.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 460 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valves Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum. D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 106.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01102
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