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Trumpet, B-flat, [A]
Trumpet, B-flat, [A]
Trumpet, B-flat, [A]

Trumpet, B-flat, [A]

Date1938-1942 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No.7846
SignedEngraved on bell: INDIANA / INDIANA BAND INST. / CO. / ELKHART / IND.MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3 Stamped on second valve casing: 7846DescriptionSilver-plated brass; bell interior gold plated; mother-of-pearl finger buttons; narrow body "peashooter" model
Main tuning slide at first bow, originally with stop-rod for quick-change to A (now missing)
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at first bow and third valve slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one key on piston fitting in groove inside valve casing
DimensionsHeight: 503 mm
Bell diameter: 101 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. 235.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01831
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