Trumpet. Nominal pitch: B♭ - A.

J Thibouville-Lamy

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Instrument

Valve trumpet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

J Thibouville-Lamy

Place Made

Europe ; France ; Western Europe

Date Made

Circa 1955

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated brass; conical ferrule on bell-pipe near bell flare; flat bell rim; main tuning-slide with screwed restraining collar. With music card-holder fitting. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves; bottom sprung. Repair History: Patched lead pipe. Inscribed on bell " ...GION D'HONNEUR / JTL / HORS CONCOURS / PARIS / 1878.1889.1900", trademark, "JEROME / THIBOUVILLE-LAMY & CO / 10 CHARTERHOUSE STREET / LONDON / MADE IN PARIS / Class A". Inscribed on valves "69", "68 / 17064", "67". Inscribed on mouthpipe "F". Overall size: 505; bell 115. Sounding length: minimum 1282. Bore: mouthpipe at c 30mm from mouthpiece recever (minimum bore) 9.0; m.t.s. at c 201mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning-slide bores 10.8 - 11.4; centre of valve cluster at c 562mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (3, 2, 1) 11.3; at 641mm from bell end, c 11.3; at c 235mm from bell end, 15.95; at 25.4mm from bell end, 53.8. B = 0.63. Bell cutoff = 1400 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.2 - 10.2. Usable pitch: A⁴ 440 Hz or slightly higher; main tuning-slide long enough to put instrument in A. Repair history: Patched lead pipe. Lent with mouthpiece (652).

Notes

Arnold Myers; L. Haigh, 16.9.85; L. Whitehead; N. Parks, 1990; R. Parks, 31.10.92, 28.11.98; V.J. Barth, 2.5.08.

Measurements

505; bell 115.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0228