Valve trumpet. Nominal pitch: 5½-ft G.

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Alternative Title

Valve trumpet.

Instrument

Valve trumpet

Instrument Family

Wind

Date Made

Circa 1835

Description

3 valves. Technical description: brass, with plain garland, probably added in repair. with 5 crooks (5739a), (5739b), (5739c), (5739d), (5739e), Valve type: 3 double-piston valves with Old Mainz levers and return springs, arranged for operation by the right hand. Repair History: Garland apparently added, since it is undamaged but covers creases in the bell. Overall size: 376; bell 118 Sounding length: minimum (in G) no crook, 1556; overall aircolumn lengths of crooks: (5739a) 195, (5739b) 315, (5739c) 422, (5739d) 552, (5739e) 813. Bore: mouthpipe at c 40mm from mouthpiece/crook receiver (minimum bore) 10.5; m.t.s. at c 456mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bores 11.1 - 10.9; at 778mm from bell end, c 10.6; at c 272mm from bell end, 15.0; at 17.1mm from bell end, 66.5. B = 0.77 (in G). Bell cutoff = 1300 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.6 - 10.4; internal tapers of crooks (5739a) 11.6 - 10.8, (5739b) 11.6 - 10.8, (5739c) 11.7 - 10.9, (5739d) 11.7 - 10.9, (5739e) 11.6 - 10.7; external tapers of crooks (5739a) 10.8 - 11.4, (5739b) 10.8 - 11.4, (5739c) 10.7 - 11.3, (5739d) 10.6 - 11.3, (5739e) 10.6 - 11.5. No inscriptions on instrument body; on crook ferrules: (5739a) "F", (5739b) "E", (5739c) "S", (5739d) "D", (5739e) "C". Purchased by lender with mouthpiece (5740), clearly not original because of mismatched taper. Illustration references: G.S. (1986) No. 151.

Notes

R. Parks, 3.11.07; V.J. Barth, 2008.

Measurements

376; bell 118

Provenance

ex- John Webb collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

5739