Natural trumpet, D
Maker
Johann Leonhard (II) Ehe
Date1710 ca.
Place MadeNuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: MACHT IOHANN LEONHARD / EHE IN NVRNBERGMarkingsEngraved on garland: I L (italics) [head of turbaned man facing right] E
DescriptionBrass; garland with straight upper edge and punched dots, floral engravings; Nuremberg rim, rolled wire with scrolls, tendrils and acanthus leaves; ferrules with impressed floral decoration (some original) and engraved lines (not original).
Attribution to Johann Leonhard Ehe II based on signature and master's mark style. Some ferrules mixed up with NMM 7250 and NMM 7251.
DimensionsHeight: 740 mm
Sounding length: 2228 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.8 mm, 9.9 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Ernst Buser, Basel, Switzerland.
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. 100, 102, 106-7, 111, 118, 121-22, 260.
Larson, André P. "One of the Great Collections … Joe & Joella Utley Donate More than 500 Rare Brass Instruments," America's Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 26, No.4 (November 1999), p. 2.
Tarr, Edward H. La Tromba in Europa dal `500 al `900. Gli strumenti del Museo della Tromba di Bad Saeckingen (Montava: Tipografia Commerciale Cooperativa, 1991), p. 20-21.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07249
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