Herald trumpet, B-flat
Trade Name
De Villier
Date1950 ca.
Place MadeTaiwan, Asia
Serial No.610012
SignedEngraved on bell: De VILLIERMarkingsStamped on receiver ferrule: TAIWAN
Stamped on second valve casing: 610012
Stamped on valve casings and pistons, respectively: 1 (third valve), 2, 3 (first valve)DescriptionBrass (body), German silver (ferrules, finger buttons), plastic (finger-button inlays), two parts: single loop leadpipe/valve segment, leadpipe S-shaped, U-bow main tuning slide after valves; separate straight bell with bell slide, fixed by ligature screw, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring in hollow stem, alignment inside by guide pin and outside by key, single water key at third-valve slide, windway 1-2-3.German-silver trumpet mouthpiece, unmarked.
DimensionsHeight: 808 mm
Height bell: 437 mm
Tube length: 1358 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, bell slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 9.1 mm, 11.5 mm, 12.6 mm, 11.5 mm
Bell diameter: 127 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1989.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06963
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