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Trumpet, B-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: Vega Company
Date: 1910-1920 ca.
Place Made:Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Model: Chas. F. George Model
Serial No: 7298
SignedStamped and engraved on bell: CHAS. F. GEORGE / MODEL / VEGA (in star) / VEGA / Standard / Made by / THE VEGA COMPANY / 155 Columbus Ave. / BOSTON
Stamped on second valve casng: 7298 / PAT. JULY 1910 / STANDARD / VEGA (in star) / BOSTON / [faint firm emblem]
Stamped on second valve casng: 7298 / PAT. JULY 1910 / STANDARD / VEGA (in star) / BOSTON / [faint firm emblem]
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 2
DescriptionBass, lacquered. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Main tuning slide at first bow with low-pitch insert.
DimensionsHeight: 483 mm
Bell diameter: 118 mm
Bell diameter: 118 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. 261.
Object number: 04137