Natural trumpet. Nominal pitch: D.

Huschauer

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Instrument

Natural trumpet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Huschauer

Place Made

Central Europe ; Europe ; Austria ; Vienna

Date Made

1794

Description

Technical description: Brass, single coil; loosely assembled and bound together by cord, with a wooden spacing block; plain ball without groove; rings on insides of both bows; distal bow not wired to bell. When assembled, the distal end of the first yard is inserted 29mm into the first bow ferrule; the distal end of the first bow is inserted 27mm into the second yard ferrule; the distal end of the second yard is inserted 23.5mm into the second bow ferrule. The second bow is inserted and apparently soldered into a ferrule attached to the bell section. Overall size: 699; bell 120. Sounding length: 2130. Bore: mouthpipe minimum 11.2; at 1065mm from bell end, c 10.3; at c 265mm from bell end, 16.0; at 16.2mm from bell end, 69.5. B = 0.78. Bell cutoff = 1400 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.7 - 11.1. Repair History: Mouthpipe yard of modern tubing, not hand made, and longer than the original. Garland has been put back on covering wire holes. Inscribed on bell garland "IOSEPH HUSCHAUER / 17 IN WIEN 94". Decorative features: Embossed bell garland, decorated at edge; ball at start of bell section. Performance characteristics: Excellent classical period sound, capable of both grandeur and delicacy. The input impedance and harmonicity of the air-column resonances are reported in Myers and Campbell 2006. Usable pitch: Plays 30 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz with mouthpiece (3204). Purchased by lender with cornet mouthpiece (3204). Specific literature references: Myers 1997, pp.242 247. Illustration references: Monelle 2001, p.111 Fig. 4; Campbell et al. 2004, p.190 Figure 6.4a with mouthpiece (3204); workshop drawing by Raymond Parks published by the Collection, 1994; World Wide Web picture at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ Technical drawing available from the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall. Please see http://www.stceciliasfriends.org.uk/

Notes

R. Parks 10.10.92.

Measurements

699; bell 120.

Provenance

ex- Willi Burger collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3247

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