Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Ernst Albert Couturier
Date1919-1920 ca.
Place MadeLa Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelConical Bore
Serial No.5361
SignedEngraved on bell in circle, surrounded by flowers and symmetrical design: CONICAL / BORE / PAT’D / E. A. Couturier / LA PORTE / INDMarkingsStamped on second valve casing: PAT SEPT 23, 13 / OTHER PATS PENDING / SEP 24, 18. / M / 5361
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
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04120
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