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Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch

Date1931 ca.
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelAristocrat 232
Serial No.258082
SignedEngraved in zigzag-line style within shield on bell: THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART IND. / U.S.A.
Stamped on second valve casing: [triangle, tuning fork, and bell trademark] TRUE TONE / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: PAT. OCT. 29. 07 / 258082 / LP / 232
Stamped on each piston: 258082
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, bell interior and area of the signature gold-plated; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays.
Main tuning slide with insert slide; quick-change to A with knurled stop nut at outer slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves with one lug on piston.
DimensionsHeight: 507 mm
Bell diameter: 107 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 53.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02076
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