Trumpet
Maker
Domenick Calicchio
Date1978
Place MadeHollywood, California, United States, North America
DescriptionNon-playable trumpet built for use as a prop in the Bee Gee’s movie “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (1978). Heart-shaped with the letters “SP” appearing in the valve tubing configuration just below three piston valves. In the film, the instrument is referred to as a cornet. Silver-plated brass with three piston valves.ProvenancePurchased from the Brass Armadillo Antique Mall, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998. According to the Brass Armadillo Mall, “We inherited it from William Harwood (who was in the movie industry) after he passed away in 1993.”
Published ReferencesStigwood, Robert and Dee Anthony. _The Original Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Scrapbook: The Meaning of a Hit Movie_. New York: Wallaby, 1978.
Banks, Margaret. “From Hollywood to the Heartland . . . Sgt. Pepper's Magical Trumpet Makes It's Vermillion Debut.” _America’s Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter_ 28, No. 1 (February 2001): 3.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Allan R. Jones, in memory of Marjorie M. Jones, 1998
Object number06176
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1720-1740 ca.
