End-blown trumpet
Date1900-1959 ca.
Place MadeTibet, Asia
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DescriptionCopper, brass trim with inlaid coral and turquoise, decorated with auspicious symbols in repoussé and engravings; three telescoping section; flat-cupped mouthpiece as integral part of the first section.
DimensionsHeight/Tube length: 1834 mm
Height collapsed: ca. 770 mm
Bell diameter: 210 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, Bangalore, India.
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. 48–50, 281.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07210
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