Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Joseph Felix Riedl
Date1835-1837 ca.
Place MadeVienna, Austria, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedStamped on bell garland: Joseph Riedl K. K. Land. [double eagle] Privi. Blas und Streich Instrum: Fabrik in WienMarkingsLower valve caps stamped with two (second valve) and three (third valve) dots.
Inner cover plates marked with one, two, and three strokes.
DescriptionBrass, nickel-silver (garland, ferrules, valve parts), double loop with small coil forming the second and third bows, no tuning slide, three mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), internal stop with two cork buffers on inner cover plate, crescent-shaped opening for drive pin, clock-spring return with ratchet-and-pawl tension adjustment, windway 3-2-1.
Brass mouthpiece with narrow rounded rim, funnel-shaped, trumpet-size shank. Knurled decoration on mouthpiece matches ferrule decoration; therefore the mouthpiece may be original to this trumpet.
The rotary valve of Joseph Felix Riedl, patented in Vienna in 1835, is the basis of the modern rotary valve.
DimensionsHeight: 392 mm
Tube length: 1357 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, valve slides): 11.4 mm, 10.3 mm, 10.6 mm
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenanceVichy Auction House, May 24, 2014, lot 470. Purchased through Tony Bingham, London, June 17, 2014.
Published ReferencesVichy Auction Catalog, May 24, 2014, lot no. 470.
Sabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass, Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 142-143.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 2014
Object number14911
On View
Not on view
1750 ca.
