Natural trumpet, E-flat
Maker
Adolphe Sax
Date1864
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.25491
SignedEngraved on bell: No 25491 / Adolphe Sax Breveté a Paris / Fteur„ de la Mson„ Milre„ de l'EmpereurMarkingsStamped on bell above the signature: AS (monogram) PARIS (within S)
DescriptionBrass; French rim; ferrules with engraved lines.
Cavalry trumpet with exceptionally large bell throat and bell.
DimensionsHeight: 705 mm
Tube length: 2011 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.0 mm, 9.8 mm
Bell diameter: 158 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
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. 228-29, 263.
http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/am/gdsl.html
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07304
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Adolphe Sax & Cie
1846-1854 ca.