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Trumpet, B-flat
Maker: Ernst Albert Couturier
Date: 1919-1920 ca.
Place Made:La Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Conical Bore
Serial No: 5361
SignedEngraved on bell in circle, surrounded by flowers and symmetrical design: CONICAL / BORE / PAT’D / E. A. Couturier / LA PORTE / IND
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: PAT SEPT 23, 13 / OTHER PATS PENDING / SEP 24, 18. / M / 5361
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 495 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
Bell diameter: 115 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), p. 146.
Marshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 196.
Marshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 196.
Object number: 04120