End-blown trumpet
Date1900-1959 ca.
Place MadeTibet, Asia
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SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionCopper, brass trim decorated in repoussé with dragons in clouds and fret patterns; three telescoping sections; flat-cupped mouthpiece as integral part of the first section.
DimensionsHeight/Tube length: 892 mm
Height collapsed: 372 mm
Bell diameter: 127 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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. 48–49, 281.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07205
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