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Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Date: 1914-1915 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: True-Tone model No. 8, the New England model, [called the "New England" model because this model was favored by players in the Boston Symphony Orchestra]
Serial No: 23729
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / Buescher / PAT. OCT. 29. 07 / ELKHART / IND.
Stamped on second valve casing: [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] TRUE TONE / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED

Stamped on second valve case below trade mark: UNION / MPBPB / & SWU [within shield] / LABEL
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: [trade mark] / [union label] / 23729
Stamped on low pitch attachment: LP Bb
Stamped on maing tuning slide: A
Stamped on valve spring barrels: 23729
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 415 mm
Bell diameter: 110 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. 47.
Object number: 01686