Walking-stick trumpet, E-flat
Maker
John Webb
Date1992-1993
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on brass-cartouche at bell: WEBB / LONDONMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass; one narrow loop, bell bent 90 degrees to form a handle; no tuning slide.
Free adaptation of a walking stick trumpet, invented by Thomas Harper and manufactured by John Augustus Köhler in London, prior to February 1833. An original example of a walking stick trumpet by Köhler survives at the Royal College of Music in London (nr. 296).
DimensionsHeight: 945 mm
Tube length: 1825 mm
Bell diameter: 68 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1993 from Scott Sorenson, Bloomington, Minnesota.
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. 232, 266.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07084
On View
Not on view
1800-1835 ca.
