Trumpet, G
Maker
Nikodemus Pechert
Date1862-1881 ca.
Place MadeVienna, Austria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on garland: Nikodemus Pechert / Instrumenten Fabrik in Wien.MarkingsStamped on valve parts: 2
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), three-point-wing device, one stop pin, clock-spring return.
Nikodemus Pechert established a workshop in the Viennese suburb Gumpendorf in 1862. From 1881, the firm is recorded as Nikodemus Pechert sen. & jun. This trumpet is based in principle on Leopold Uhlmann's long-model double-piston-valve trumpet design.
DimensionsHeight: 502 mm
Tube length: 1502 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.4 mm, 11.3 mm, 10.6 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 10.8 mm, 10.6 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Robert Hazen, Washington, D. C.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 152-153, 170-171, 302.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06795
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1830-1835 ca.
