Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Getzen Company
Date1948 ca.
Place MadeElkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
ModelGetzen 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
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
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 475 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.64 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. 205.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02279
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