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Trumpet, B-flat, A
Trumpet, B-flat, A
Trumpet, B-flat, A

Trumpet, B-flat, A

Date1919-1920 ca.
Place MadeLa Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelConical Bore
Serial No.5143
SignedEngraved on bell: CONICAL / BORE / PAT'D / E. A. Couturier Co. / LA PORTE / IND
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: PAT. SEPT. 23, 13 / OTHER PATS. PENDING / SEP. 24. 18.
Stamped on valve spring barrels: 5143
Stamped on rotary change valve casing: 928
DescriptionLacquered brass; touchpieces with mother-of-pearl inlays
Rotary-valve quick change to A after the valve section
Three tower-spring Périnet valves with two unequal guide pins each; no valve slides.

Continuous conical bore instrument, following US patent # 52,473 from September 24, 1918.
DimensionsHeight: 494 mm
Bell diameter: 114 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. 195.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03433
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