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Trumpet, B-flat, [A]
Trade Name: George M. Bundy
Date: 1927-1935 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No: 110400
SignedEngraved on bell: Geo. M. Bundy / ELKHART - IND. / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectivley: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 110400
Stamped on second valve casing: 110400
DescriptionBundy was a trade name of H. & A. Selmer Co., after it moved to Elkhart, Indiana. George Bundy had become manager in 1927.
Silver-plated brass, bell interior gold plated; mother-of-pearl finger buttons
Main tuning slide with push-rod-operated quick-change to A at first bow
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one key on piston, fitting in groove inside valve casing
Trigger with pull ring at third valve slide
Silver-plated brass, bell interior gold plated; mother-of-pearl finger buttons
Main tuning slide with push-rod-operated quick-change to A at first bow
French rim with iron wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one key on piston, fitting in groove inside valve casing
Trigger with pull ring at third valve slide
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 481 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.72 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 10.72 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. 257.
Object number: 01719