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Trumpet, B-flat, A, low pitch
Date: 1935 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: 32B
Serial No: 94892
SignedEngraved on bell: ELKHART – IND. U.S.A. / THE / ELKHART / – BAND INST. CO. –
MarkingsStamped on the left side of the second valve casing and all three spring stems: 94892
Stamped on valve casings and spring stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
Stamped on valve casings and spring stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish with burnished highlights (finger buttons, valve caps, slides, knobs, water key and areas within the engraving), mother-of-pearl inlay (finger buttons), single loop, main tuning slide with quick-change to A stop rod at first bow, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal lugs on spring anchor plate, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.
This B-flat/A trumpet in low pitch with ½ bore (0.422 inches) was model no. 32B and was likely produced between 1930 and 1948.
This B-flat/A trumpet in low pitch with ½ bore (0.422 inches) was model no. 32B and was likely produced between 1930 and 1948.
DimensionsHeight: 493 mm
Tube length: 1313 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 8.9 mm, 10.7 mm, 10.72 mm (0.422 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm (4 5/8 inches)
Tube length: 1313 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 8.9 mm, 10.7 mm, 10.72 mm (0.422 inches)
Bell diameter: 117 mm (4 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from an unknown source.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 06786