Vented trumpet, D, C
Maker
DEG Music Products Inc.
Date1987
Place MadeLake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Model2095 Signature Series C/D Natural Trumpet
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: Signature / 2000 CUSTOM SERIES U.S.A.Markingsnone
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double loop (one long, one short loop), main tuning slide at first bow, exchangeable D/C slide at third bow; two vent holes, one for each of the two keys for transposition by a fourth; Amado water key.
This instrument is a twentieth-century development of the natural trumpet, not a faithful copy of a historic model. The model is a 2095 Signature C/D Natural Trumpet of the 2000 Custom Signature series. It is made from modern B-flat trumpet components (tapering leadpipe for a modern trumpet mouthpiece, and a modern B-flat trumpet bell).
DEG Music Products was founded in 1964 by Donald E. Getzen, after his father’s company had been sold to Harold M. Knowlton. The “Donald E. Getzen Signature” label referred to professional grade brasses.
DimensionsHeight: 578 mm
Tube length: 2127 mm (C), 2403 mm (D)
Bore diameter: 10.9 mm, 10.3 mm (minimum)
Bell diameter: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1987 from DEG Music Products, Inc., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 255, 269.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06889
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