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Trumpet, B-flat, low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, low pitch

Date: 1930-1933 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Cavalier 92B
Serial No: 17332
SignedEngraved on bell: [mounted horseman] / Cavalier / ELKHART. IND. / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 017332
Description"Cavalier" was a student-line brand of Pan American, a division of the C. G. Conn company in Elkhart, Indiana.

Silver-plated brass, satin-finish; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays.
Narrow body ("peashooter" model)
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves, one lug on piston.


DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 510 mm
Bell diameter: 106 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 143.
Object number: 02031