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Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker: Johann Sattler
Date: 1937 ca.
Place Made:Kraslice (Graslitz), Czechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedMachine-engraved on bell: JOHANN SATTLER / GRASLITZ / PATENT APPLIED FOR U.S. PATENT OFFICE
MarkingsStamped on leadpipe ferrule: MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DescriptionThis trumpet by Johann Sattler is a representative of US Patent 2,106,281, applied for on August 15, 1936, and granted on January 25, 1938. The objectives of the patent for push-rod operated rotary valves are to provide a device for the musician to play with less effort, by shortening the finger movement and reduce the accumulation of saliva in the slides by making them wider.
Brass, lacquered. Three rotary valves operated by piston action. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Quick-change pushrod.
Brass, lacquered. Three rotary valves operated by piston action. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Quick-change pushrod.
DimensionsHeight: 508 mm (20 in)
Bell diameter: 114 mm (4-1/2 in)
Bell diameter: 114 mm (4-1/2 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesDavid Wayne Knutson, A Catalogue of the European Cornets and Trumpets at the Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Illinois, 1992, pp. 180-183.
Object number: 04390