Natural trumpet, nominal pitch: E♭

(Note: Each icon above opens in a new tab.)

Instrument

Natural trumpet/Trumpets/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Natural trumpet

Instrument Family

Wind

Date Made

Early 18th Century

Description

Technical description: Brass; demountable at three ferrules. distal bow wired to bell, probably not an original feature; high arched bows; plain wide bell garland. 2 brass single-coil crooks, with unusually short thick mouthpiece receiver ferrules. Technical drawing available from the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall. Please see http://www.stceciliasfriends.org.uk/ Decoration: Ball with groove; simple turnings on ferrules. Bound with heavy braided cord, 7mm diameter, of silver-colour metal-covered thread, with two tassels. Usable pitch: Plays c 20 cents below A⁴ = 440 Hz; with crook (a) plays in C at c 5 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz; with crook (b) plays in B♭ at c 30 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz. Performance characteristics: The input impedance and harmonicity of the air-column resonances are reported in Myers and Campbell 2006. Specific usage history: Possibly one of the instruments acquired by Sir Samuel Hellier (1736-1784) for orchestral use at Wombourne, Staffordshire. Overall size: 677; bell 106 - 108 Sounding length: without crooks, 2039; Overall air column length of crook (a) 383; (b) 671 Bore: minimum (mouthpiece), c 10.0; at 1019mm from bell end, c10.0; at c 278mm from bell end, 14.1 at 10.0mm from bell end, 72.5 Dia of mouthpiece reciever: taper on instrument body to recieve crooks, bits or mouthpiece 12.0 - 11.1

Other Information

Specific usage history: Possibly one of the instruments acquired by Sir Samuel Hellier (1736-1784) for orchestral use at Wombourne, Staffordshire.

Notes

R. Parks, 13.2.92, Dec 2000, 3.2.01; A. Myers, Mar 1993, Dec 2000; T. Hewat, 30.12.00.

Measurements

677; bell 106 - 108.

Provenance

Was on loan to the Collection. ; Accepted in lieu of inheritance tax by HM Government in 2025 from the estate of John William Phillips and allocated to The Musical Instrument Collection, University of Edinburgh

Collection

MIMEd ; Shaw-Hellier Collection

Accession Number

3284

Related Items