Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Trade Name
Musicraft
Date1935 ca.
Place MadeGraslitz, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Model
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: MUSICRAFTMarkingsStamped on receiver ferrule: CZECHO- / SLOVAKIA
Stamped on left side of second valve casing: [anchor trademark]
Stamped on inner quick-change slide near engraved mark: A
Stamped in valve casings, stems and caps, respectively: 237, 238, 239
DescriptionBrass, body burnished, bell throat hand-hammered to beginning of flaring part (which is burnished again), bell rim folded over flat (ca. 6 mm), narrow single loop, H-shaped quick-change to A insert slide with stop rod (nuts lost), main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on pistons (nickel-silver-plated brass), single water keys at main tuning slide and third valve slide, windway 3-2-1.
The anchor stamp can be attributed to Bohland & Fuchs in Graslitz. "Musicraft" was a tradename for US imports.
DimensionsHeight: 514 mm
Tube length: 1300 mm, 1390 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slides, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 10.1 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.45 mm (0.451 inches)
Bell diameter: 109 mm (4 1/4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1989.
Published ReferencesBrass
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06973
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