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Trumpet, B-flat, A

Trumpet, B-flat, A

Date: 1930-1935 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No: 13033
SignedEngraved on bell: INDIANA / INDIANA - BAND - INST. / ELKHART, IND. / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 13033
DescriptionNarrow silver-plated brass body, satin finish, bell interior gold-plated; finger-buttons with mother-of-pearl inlay
Main tuning slide at first bow with quick-change to A stop rod
Flat bell rim without wire insert
Single water key at main tuning slide and third valve slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one key fitting inside groove in valve casing.
DimensionsHeight: 504 mm
Bell diameter: 101 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. 236.
Object number: 02172