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Coiled trumpet, A
Maker: Georg Friedrich Steinmez
Date: 1700 ca.
Place Made:Nuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: GEORG FRIEDRICH [coat of arms with five-peak crown] STEINMEZ IN NURNBERG
MarkingsMaster'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.
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
Tube length: 2635 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.8 mm, 9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 193 mm
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Burton E. and Barbara Hardin, 1986
Not on view
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.
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.
Object number: 04013