Trumpet, B-flat, A

Maker Denis Antoine Courtois

Date1872-1878 between

Place MadeParis, France, Europe

Serial No.364

SignedStamped on bell: Médaille / LONDRES 1862 / Exposition Universelle / PARIS 1867 / Médaille d’Honneur / EN ARGENT / ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL / 88. rue des Marais St. Martin / Paris / 1ER PRIX / GRANDE MÉDAILLE D’OR / EXPOSITION DE MOSCOU / 1872 / S. ARTHUR CHAPPELL / Sole agent / 52 New Bond Street / London
MarkingsStamped underneath third valve cap: 364
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, alternative tuning slide for B-flat or A at first bow, three double-piston valves (1, ½, 1½), pushrods with springs in cylinders (système belge).

Cornet mouthpiece adapter for leadpipe; survives with cornet mouthpiece stamped: 3 / BESSON & CO / BREVETÉ.

DimensionsHeight: 481 mm
Tube length: 1264 mm, 1354 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.5 mm, 10 mm, 10.5–10.4 mm, 10.5 mm
Bore diameter tuning bit: 9.3–9.6 mm
Bell diameter: 110 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 form David Miles, London, England.
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. 104-109, 298.

Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999

Object number06779

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