Trumpet, D and C

Maker Wilhelm Monke

Date1950 ca.

Place MadeCologne, Germany, Europe

ModelBachtrompete

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on bell: Wilh. Monke / Köln
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: E
Stamped on valve casings, caps, inner cover plates, push-rods and underside of touch pieces: 81
DescriptionBrass (body), nickel silver (receiver, ferrules, braces, finger hook, pull-ring, and valve parts), single loop, main tuning slide (alternatives for D or C) to right of third-valve loop, three mechanical linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 1-2-3.

Two alternative main tuning slides for D and C.
Two alternative sets of valve slides for D and C.

Intended for the performance of baroque works, the main characteristic of this high D trumpet model is the placement of the main tuning slide to the right of the third valve loop (from the player’s perspective). This model was also produced by other German firms, such as Oskar Ullmann in Leipzig and Gebrüder Alexander in Mainz. Wilhelm Monke trained with his father Josef Monke (1882-1865) and set up his own workshop in Cologne in 1945.

DimensionsHeight: 393 mm
Tube length: 1031 mm, 1180 mm
Bore diameter (initial. minimum, tuning slide, vave slides): 10.6 mm, 9.6 mm, 10.7-10.9 mm, 10.64 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Giardinelli, New York, New York, 1985.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number06771

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