Bass trumpet, B-flat (9-foot), low pitch, composite
Maker
Stan Fritts
Date1960 -1975 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Place MadeYankton, South Dakota, United States, North America
Serial No.191866 [this would date the Buescher part to ca. 1925-1926]
SignednoneMarkingsValve cases stamped "3" (first valve, sic), "2 / 191866 / LP / PAT. OCT. 29 07" (second valve), "1" (third valve, sic)
DescriptionTriple loop brass body, valve section silver plated; mother-of-pearl finger buttons
Two tuning slides at second bow and third bow
Flaring part of bell made seperately and attached to conical part with tab seam
Single water key at first bow
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with three unequal guide pins each (made by Buescher)
Hybrid instrument “custom-assembled” by Stan Fritts, using parts of a Buescher “True tone” model instrument, for Ray DeVilbiss, who directed bands and served as a professor of music at the University of South Dakota from 1953 to 1981.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 529 mm
Bell diameter: 141 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02195
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