Coiled trumpet, A
Maker
Georg Friedrich Steinmez
Date1700 ca.
Place MadeNuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: GEORG FRIEDRICH [coat of arms with five-peak crown] STEINMEZ IN NURNBERGMarkingsMaster's mark with initials engraved on bell garland: GF [imperial orb] S
DescriptionBrass; garland silver-plated, upper edge with scallop shells, engraved with flowers and leaf-tendrils; Nuremberg rim, wire with impressed foliate butt pattern; helical fluting receiver ferrule, short ferrules at tube joints with engraved rings; three coils.
The bell of this instrument is significantly larger than the bells found on other natural trumpets made in Nuremberg, and the low key of 11-foot A is atypical for trumpets. At the same time, the instrument displays mostly cylindrical tubing, a large initial tube diameter for a trumpet mouthpiece, and a trumpet-style receiver ferrule. Current research suggests that it may be one of a group of transitional coiled instruments that led to the development of the horn, while still retaining some features of the trumpet.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 311 mm
Tube length: 2635 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.8 mm, 9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 193 mm
Published ReferencesMeucci, Renato, and Gabriele Rocchetti. _The Horn_. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2023. (p. 33-34)
Klaus, Sabine Katharina. _Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series_. Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012. (pp. 123, 145)
Klaus, S. K. "Horn oder Trompete? Ein Instrument von Johann Carl Kodisch, Nürnberg 1684," in: Jagd- und Waldhörner: Geschichte und musikalische Nutzung. Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte, vol. 70, ed. by Boje E. Hans Schmuhl and Monika Lustig (Augsburg: Wißner, 2006), pp. 155-176, esp. p. 160.
Tritle, Thomas. "Horns in The Shrine to Music Museum," Horn Call (October 1988), p. 31.
Larson, André P. The Shrine to Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: Shrine to Music Museum, 1988), p. 35.
Banks, Margaret Downie. "17th-and 18th-Century Brass Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Brass Bulletin 58, no. 2 (1987), pp. 57-58.
Larson, André P. "1986 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 16, no. 1 (February 1987), p. 7.
Larson, André P. "Rare 18th-Century Hunting Horn Donated," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 14, no. 1 (October 1986), p. 4.
Credit LineGift of Burton E. and Barbara Hardin, 1986
Object number04013
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