Alternative TitleTrumpet. |
InstrumentValve trumpet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerRudall Carte & Co. |
Place MadeEurope; England; London; United Kingdom |
Date Made1929 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Silver-plated brass; copper-plated pistons; windway runs mouthpiece receiver - main tuning-slide - 2 - 1 - 3 - bell; adjustable stops limit travel of main tuning-slide; water-key on m.t.s. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston.
Inscribed on bell "WEBSTER / TRUMPET" / lion-and-unicorn emblem / "BY APPOINTMENT / TO THE LATE / QUEEN VICTORIA / Rudall Carte & Co Ltd / Manufacturers / 23 / BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 6995"; on side of valve casings "34", "35", "36".
Overall size: 459; bell 117.
Sounding length: minimum 1341.
Bore: mouthpipe at c 30mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.0; m.t.s. at c 195mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning-slide bores 10.6 - 11.1; centre of valve cluster at c 563mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bores (2, 1, 3) 11.4, 11.4 - 11.6; 11.7 - 11.9; at 671mm from bell end, c 12.0; at c 241mm from bell end, 16.95; at 14.8mm from bell end, 61.9. B = 0.65. Bell cutoff = 1700 Hz.
Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.8 - 9.1.
Probably supplied by maker with mouthpiece (4211). |
NotesR. Parks, 5.10.02; V.J. Barth, 2.5.08, 4.5.08. |
Measurements459; bell 117. |
ProvenanceSold by the makers 31st March 1931 to Queen Island Band, H. & W. Ltd., Belfast for £12/3/9.; on loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number4210 |