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Trumpet, B-flat
Maker: Getzen Company
Date: 1948 ca.
Place Made:Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Model: Getzen Model 90
Serial No: 5628
SignedEngraved on bell in zigzag-line style: .. SO [90?] / ADEB [DELUXE?] / GETZEN (vertically) / ELKHORN / WIS.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 5628
Stamped on second valve casing: 5628
DescriptionLacquered brass with German-silver ferrules, water keys, and valve parts; finger buttons with mother-of-pearl inlay
Main tuning slide at first bow
Flaring part of bell made seperately
French rim with iron wire insert
Trombone-style single water key at first bow and third valve slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves, one key on piston fitting in groove inside valve casing
Trigger with pull ring at third valve slide
Main tuning slide at first bow
Flaring part of bell made seperately
French rim with iron wire insert
Trombone-style single water key at first bow and third valve slide
Three bottom-sprung Périnet valves, one key on piston fitting in groove inside valve casing
Trigger with pull ring at third valve slide
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 475 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.64 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.64 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 205.
Object number: 02279