Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Frank Holton & Company
Date1929-1930 ca.
Place MadeElkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
ModelRevelation
Serial No.75805
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / Frank Holton & Co. / ELKHORN / WIS.Stamped on second valve casing: FRANK HOLTON & CO. / ELKHORN. WIS.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass with nickel-silver fittings and valve cases; mother-of-pearl finger buttons
Main tuning slide at first bow
Broad French rim
Single water key at main tuning slide
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins each
Trigger at third valve slide with adjustable pull ring (lost)
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 508 mm
Bell diameter: 114 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.7 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. 216.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01704
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