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Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker: Antoine Courtois
Distributor: H. & A. Selmer, Inc.
Date: 1904-1910 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: 677
SignedStamped on bell: HORS / CONCOURS / CHICAGO 1893 / ST. LOUIS / 1904 (within circle) / ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE / NATIONAL / 88. rue des Marais / Paris / H & A. SELMER INC. / SOLE U.S. AGENTS : / NEW-YORK
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing, within a circle: A. COURTOIS / PARIS / 677
DescriptionBrass, lacquered. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Quick-change pushrod.
DimensionsHeight: 485 mm
Bell diameter: 121 mm
Bore: 11.2 mm
Bell diameter: 121 mm
Bore: 11.2 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesDavid Wayne Knutson, A Catalogue of the European Cornets and Trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1992, pp. 34-36.
Object number: 01695