Trumpet, B-flat
Maker
Elden E. Benge
Date1946
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No.2319
SignedStamped on bell: [Staff with treble clef and Benge’s name spelled out with notes] / Resno-Tempered / Bell / CUSTOM-BUILT / BY / E-BENGE / CHICAGO / ILLINOISMarkingsStamped on left side of second valve casing: BENGE / 2319
Stamped on valve stems: 2319
Stamped on valve casings, caps and stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, main tuning slide at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, trigger with pull ring and stop rod at third valve, windway 3-2-1.
This trumpet was made during Elden E. Benge’s early career in Chicago, while he was playing trumpet in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In this period, Benge spelled out his name in staff notation with treble clef in the signature. According to Benge's son Donald, "Resno-Tempered" means the process of hammering and annealing the one-piece bell into shape, as specified and practiced by his father.
DimensionsHeight: 485 mm
Tube length: 1317 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 8.8 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.69 mm (0.46 inches)
Bell diameter: 119 mm (4 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Vince DiMartino, Danville, Kentucky, 1997.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07223
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