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Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker: Ohio Band Instrument Company (Division of F. A. Reynolds Company)
Distributor: F. A. Reynolds Company
Date: 1936 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: Regent
Serial No: 3396
SignedEngraved on bell: The / Regent / MADE BY / OHIO BAND / INSTRUMENT / CO. / CLEVELAND / O.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 3396
Stamped on second valve casing: 3396
DescriptionThe Regent was a line of the Ohio Band Instrument Co., established by Foster A. Reynolds in 1936. It produced approximately 3750 instruments a year, making it likely that the current trumpet was produced in that year.
Silver-plated brass body, satin finish, bell interior gold plated; finger buttons with mother-of-pearl inlay
Main tuning slide at first bow with push-rod-activated quick-change to A (rod missing)
French rim
Single water key at main tuning slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one key on piston, fitting in groove inside valve casing
Silver-plated brass body, satin finish, bell interior gold plated; finger buttons with mother-of-pearl inlay
Main tuning slide at first bow with push-rod-activated quick-change to A (rod missing)
French rim
Single water key at main tuning slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one key on piston, fitting in groove inside valve casing
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 491 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 246.
Object number: 01660