Trumpet, B-flat, A
Maker
Vega Company
Date1929
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
ModelVega Standard SB 4
Serial No.27214
SignedEngraved on bell: SEMPER FACILE / PRINCEPS ("always an acknowledged leader") / VEGA (in circle surrounded by five-pointed star) / VEGA / Standard / Made by / THE VEGA COMPANY / Boston Mass. / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: SB / 4 // 27214 / PAT. JULY 1917 // STANDARD / VEGA (in circle surrounded by five-pointed star) / BOSTON // PAT. DEC. 1915
Stamped on valve stems, water key, and main tuning slide: 214
Stamped on valve casings and spring stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Top valve caps with one, two and three engraved strokes, respectively.
DescriptionSilver- and gold-plated brass, burnished, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, H-shaped low-pitch slide (inserted between leadpipe and main tuning slide) with stop ring for quick-change to A (ring catches tube increase), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two brass lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, trigger with adjustable pull ring (lost) at third valve slide, windway 3-2-1.
In a 1925 catalog, the Vega Company offered the Standard model trumpet with three different bell sizes: nos. 1, 3, and 4. This trumpet is an example of the largest.
DimensionsHeight: 493 mm
Tube length: 1317 mm, 1409 mm, 1499 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.4 mm, 8.5 mm, 11.05 mm, 11.08 mm (0.436 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm (4 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1990.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07000
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