Piccolo trumpet, C
Maker
Scherbaum and Goettner
Date1975 ca.
Place MadeAnsbach, Germany, Europe
ModelProf. Scherbaum
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: PROF. SCHERBAUMMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3, 4
DescriptionBrass, German-silver (leadpipe, ferrules), mother-of-pearl finger buttons, simplified single loop, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe with ligature screw, detachable bell with slide fixed by ligature screw, four Périnet valves, lowering pitch by a whole tone, semitone, minor third, and fourth, bottom sprung, alignment by one key on nickel-plated brass pistons, two single water keys at third and fourth valve slides, windway 4-3-2-1.
Short telescopic brass tuning slide.
This piccolo trumpet was developed in collaboration with Prof. Adolf Scherbaum (1909-2000) by Scherbaum & Göttner. Scherbaum's son, Adolf, was one of the owners of that firm. A characteristic of this model is the detachable bell, allowing the use of bells of different sizes and flare types. This particular bell has a very abrupt, wide flare. The model was availabe in 2-foot C and 2¼-foot B-flat. Two examples of this model from Adolf Scherbaum’s own collection survive at the Trumpet Museum in Bad Säckingen, while this piccolo trumpet was formerly owned and used by Walter Chesnut, Professor of Trumpet, University of Massachusetts, at Amherst, Massachusetts.
DimensionsHeight: 274 mm
Tube length: 536 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, bell slide, valve slides): 11.5 mm, 10.4 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.4 mm
Bell diameter: 94 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Walter Chesnut, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07243
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