Natural trumpet, D
Maker
Johann Leonhard (II) Ehe
Date1710 ca.
Place MadeNuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: MACHT IOHANN LEONHA / EHE IN NVRNBEMarkingsMaker`s mark with initials engraved on bell garland: I L (italics) [head of turbaned man facing right] E
DescriptionBrass; garland with straight upper edge with punched dots, floral engravings; Nuremberg rim, rolled wire with leaf pattern; ferrules engraved (not original) and impressed (some of them original).
The attribution to Johann Leonhard Ehe II is based on the use of italics for the first two initials in the master`s mark, the fact that MACHT is written out, and LEONHARD abbreviated.
Characteristic for Ehe II’s work are the impressed ferrules with floral tendrils on dotted background. Some ferrules on NMM 7250 were mixed up with NMM 7249 and NMM 7251.
DimensionsHeight: 747 mm
Tube length: 2236 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.9 mm, 10.5 mm
Bell diameter: 111 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Ernst Buser, Binningen, Switzerland.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine K., and Robert W. Pyle, “Trumpet Mute Pitch: An Analysis of Three Historic Mutes,” in: Proceedings of the Third Vienna Talk on Music Acoustics, 16–19 Sept. 2015, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (online publication: http://viennatalk2015.mdw.ac.at/proceedings/ViennaTalk2015_submission_14.pdf)
Klaus, 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. 97, 100-2, 106-8, 111, 118, 121-22, 242-44, 260.
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 number07250
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