Fanfare trumpet, G, F
Maker
H. A. Weymann & Son
Date1940 ca.
Place MadePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
ModelAmerican Legion Bugle
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: WEYMANN / KEYSTONE / STATE / PHILA.PA.Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass; tuning slide at first bow for G or F (marked for lower pitch); French rim with iron wire insert.
The "American Legion Bugle" was a trumpet-type instrument in G and F, and offered by a number of American manufacturers in the 1920s to 1940s.
DimensionsHeight: 667 mm
Tube length: 1618 mm (G), 1798 mm (F)
Bore diameter (intitial, minimum): 10.9 mm, 10.3 mm
Bell diameter: 125 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Jack Silver, Washington, D. C.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 224-25, 263.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06874
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