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Trumpet, B-flat
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Trumpet, B-flat

Date1947 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.92638
SignedStamped on bell: SYSTÈME PROTOTYPE / FB / F. BESSON / BREVETÉ / S.G.D.G. / 96. RUE D’ANGOULÊME / PARIS / [five-pointed star] / 66 HAUTES RÉCOMPENSES / 6 GRANDS PRIX / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / MADE IN FRANCE (side of bell)
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: F. BESSON / [five-point-star] / BTÉ S.G.D.G. / 92638
Stamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 4, 5, 6
DescriptionBrass, lacquered, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring outside hollow stem, alignment by one key on nickel-alloy pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, trigger with pull-ring and stop rod at third valve slide, windway 3-2-1.

Dating based on serial number currently ambiguous. French-made F. Besson cornets and trumpets in the range of 92,000 may have been made pre- or post World War II.
DimensionsHeight: 490 mm
Tuning slide: 1305 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.4 mm, 9.2 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.6 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Jack Silver, Bethesda, Maryland, 1985.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06780
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