Miniature trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Kalison
Date1950 ca.
Place MadeMilan, Italy, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: MADE IN ITALY / K…KKALIS [ON]MarkingsStamped on pistons: BREVELLIALE [patent]
DescriptionBrass, lacquered, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow (currently frozen), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by horizontal screw in valve casing, fitting in groove in brass piston, no valve slides, windway 3-2-1.
Small unstamped brass mouthpiece.
Silver mouthpiece, stamped: SCHILKE 5A4
This instrument is about half the size of a standard B-flat trumpet. Compared with the half-size trumpet by H. N. White (NMM 7301), this instrument is of simpler design, having no valve slides and an unusual valve construction with screw alignment.
Originally Riboni & Benicchio, Battista Benicchio (1891-1953) became the director of the Milanese firm in 1928. During and after the Second World War the firm specialized in a successful line of children's instruments which included not only this trumpet but also a trombone, saxophone, and metal clarinet, marketing it as "Orchestrina Kalison." After Battista's death, his son Angelo adopted Kalison as the firm name; granddaughter Michela continued the enterprise until 2005.
DimensionsHeight: 244 mm
Tube length: 641 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 7 mm, 6.6 mm
Bell diameter: 65 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1990.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07005
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