Trumpet, B-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker
Vega Company
Date1910-1920 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelChas. 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. / BOSTONStamped 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
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. 261.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04137
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