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Trumpet, B-flat
Trumpet, B-flat
Trumpet, B-flat

Trumpet, B-flat

Date1919-1925 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
ModelAmerican Standard High Grade 200
Serial No.438
SignedEngraved on bell in zigzag-line style: AMERICAN / STANDARD / HIGH GRADE / MADE BY / Clev. Mus. Ins. Co. / CLEV,D – O.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing and each valve spring barrel: 438
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin-finish, bell interior gold-plated; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlay
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two guides each (one flat, one T-shaped).

Same model as NMM 1692 without quick-change to A.
DimensionsHeight: 497 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.37 mm
Bell diameter: 108 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. 66
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01671
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