Trumpet in G, F, E-flat, D, C, B-flat
Date1830-1835 ca.
Place MadeAustria-Hungary
Place MadeAustria, Europe
Place MadeSaxony, Germany
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsEngraved on main tuning slide: G.
Engraved on crook for E-flat: E. b.
Engraved on crook for D: D.
Engraved on crook for C: C.
Engraved on coupler for B-flat: B.
DescriptionBrass, German silver, tuning slide at second bow, two double-piston valves (1, ½), clock-spring return (Uhlmann type).
Brass mouthpiece (probably original); original conifer case with cherry wood veneer and inlaid edges of black stained fruit wood, brass fittings and original green cloth inside. The B-flat coupler may be used for the pitch of 9-foot B-flat in conjunction with the C-crook or for 6-foot F when inserted into the instrument by itself.
Typical slender Viennese trumpet model. The valve system follows the design patented by Leopold Uhlmann (1806-1878) in Vienna in 1830 closely, and may therefore be referred to as "Vienna Valve." The use of a clock-spring return mechanism and tapered piston ends is characteristic.
DimensionsHeight: 440 mm
Tube length: 1535 mm, 1863 mm, 1970 mm, 2122 mm, 2388 mm, 2716 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.9 mm, 11.2 mm, 11.4 mm, 11.5 mm
Bore diameter crooks (range initial, minimum): 11.9–11.8 mm, 10.5–10 mm
Bore diameter coupler (initial, minimum): 12 mm, 10.4 mm
Bell diameter: 122 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1992 from Vintage Brass, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 76-77, 106, 108-109, 152, 298.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07077
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