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Piccolo trumpet, G

Maker Renold O. Schilke

Date1987

Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America

ModelG1L

Serial No.18485

SignedStamped on second valve casing: SCHILKE / CHICAGO / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: 18485
Stamped on receiver ferrule: G1L
Stamped on valve stems: 85
Stamped on valve stems, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, burnished, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, single loop, tuning slide at bell with ligature screw, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, spring inside hollow stem, alignment by two unequal plastic lugs on spring anchor plate, pistons nickel-plated brass, single water key at third valve slide, trigger finger hooks with screw stop at first and third valve slides, windway 3-2-1.

The G1L model is part of the Schilke “Tuning Bell” series and usually comes with two different bells for the keys of G and F. The present instrument survives with the G bell only.
DimensionsHeight: 307 mm
Tube length: 729 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, bell slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 8.7 mm, 11.6 mm, 11.4 mm (0.449 inches)
Bell diameter: 104 mm (4-1/4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Vince DiMartino, Danville, Kentucky.

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

Object number07310

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