Cavalry trumpet. Nominal pitch: E♭.

Hohner

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Instrument

Natural trumpet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Hohner

Place Made

London ; United Kingdom ; England ; Europe

Date Made

Circa 1955

Description

Technical description: Brass; 2 coils; no tuning-slide; plain bell garland width 15mm; joint with ferrule on each of the lower straight yards. Ring for chain to mouthpiece. Overall size: 386; bell 120. Sounding length: 1981. Bore: mouthpipe at c 20 from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 11.2; at 991mm from bell end, c 11.3; at c 305mm from bell end, 16.0; at 17.9mm from bell end, 71.4. B = 0.82. Bell cutoff = 1200 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.4 - 11.3 (hardly tapered). Inscribed "Lincoln / HOHNER, LONDON". Performance characteristics: Not well in tune with itself. Usable pitch: Plays c 75 cents above A⁴ 440 Hz. Purchased by lender with mouthpiece (1614) but no previous association.

Notes

Arnold Myers; L. Haigh, 14.9.85; N. Parks, 1990; R. Parks, 1.3.92, 12.12.98.

Measurements

386; bell 120.

Provenance

ex- A. Myers. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2464