Fanfare trumpet, G, F
Distributor
Howard J. Wallace
Date1940-1945 ca.
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, U.S.A, North America
ModelAmerican Legion Bugle
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: HOWARD J. WALLACE / MUSIC HOUSE / CHICAGOMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass; tuning slide at first bow for G or F (marked for lower pitch); French rim with iron wire insert.
Similarities between NMM 6874 by Weymann & Son and this fanfare trumpet (American Legion Bugle) suggest that both instruments may have been made by the same firm, likely Weyman & Son.
DimensionsHeight: 667 mm
Tube length: 1772 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 10.8 mm, 10.5 mm
Bell diameter: 125 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1985 from Dorothy Stratmann, Mountain Home, Arkansas.
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. 224-25, 263.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06810
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1885-1910 ca.