Megaphone

ALTERNATE NAME(S)

Fireman's trumpet

Date1965-1985 ca.

Place MadeJapan, Asia

Serial No.none

SignednoneMarkingsStamped on small rectangular brass tag inside bell: JAPAN
Cast on plastic nut at bell: U I.
Written with black felt pin inside each tube segment: 33DescriptionCast brass, bell shaped.

Megaphone used by firemen.DimensionsHeight: 592 mm
Bore at mouthpiece: 22 mm
Bell diameter: 245 mmProvenancePurchased in 1999 on eBay.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. 236–37, 271.

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

Object number07361

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