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Trumpet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch

Trumpet, B-flat, A, high pitch / low pitch

Date: 1950 ca.
Place Made:Czechoslovakia, Europe
Serial No: C 138
Signednone
MarkingsStamped on receiver ferrule: C 138
Stamped on low-pitch tuning slide near score mark: A
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 124, 125, 126
DescriptionBrass, single loop, low-pitch insert slide with push-rod for quick-change to A (posts survive, pushrod lost), main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on nickel-silver-plated pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.

Valve markings in three digit numbers is common in Europe, but not in the United States. Likely manufactured in Czechoslovakia for the US market as low-grade model, probably for student use.
DimensionsHeight: 482 mm
Tube length: 1227 mm, 1316 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.8 mm, 9.9 mm, 11.3 mm, 11.3 mm
Bell daimeter: 115 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Sid Glickman, Yonkers, New York, 1985.
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 06768