Trumpet, C
Maker
David G. Monette
Date1985
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelM or Classic model
Serial No.85
SignedStamped on receiver: MONETTEMarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: 085
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Engraved on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionRaw brass, nickel-silver (ferrules, upper part of valve casings, valve stems), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow fitting directly into end of leadpipe without further refinement, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside hollow stem, alignment of piston by guide pin formed as integral part of stem fitting in hole of spring anchor plate, alignment of piston whole assembly by one key on spring anchor plate, pistons of nickel-silver-plated brass, Amado water key at main tuning slide, trigger with pull-ring at first and third valve, windway 3-2-1.
Silver mouthpiece, stamped: MEGA SOUND / LEEVE // 0
This early C trumpet by David Monette was custom-made for Joe Utley to have the freely blowing characteristics of a B-flat trumpet with big sound and easy playing high G. The M series C trumpet was later offered as Classic C trumpet.
DimensionsHeight (including mouthpiece): 522 mm
Height bell: 480 mm
Tube length: 1173 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.8 mm, 9.1 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.72 mm (0.461 inches)
Bell diameter: 124 mm (4 7/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from David G. Monette Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, 1985.
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), p. XIV.
-------. “The Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection: A Trumpeter’s Dream Comes True,” International Trumpet Guild Journal 34, no 4 (June 2010), p. 39.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06767
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