Trumpet. Nominal pitch: D.

Rune Selen

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Instrument

End blown trumpet ; End blown trumpet/Trumpets/Wind/Musical Instrument

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Rune Selen

Place Made

Europe ; Sweden ; Northern Europe

Date Made

1973

Description

Technical description: Two-piece straight tube joined by brass ferrule; body made by splitting a branch into two halves, hollowing out the bore, then gluing together the two halves and covering with wound birch bark; with integral mouthpiece. Repair History: Instrument may have originally been in one piece; tube now divided in two and fitted with socket and tenon joint. Overall size: 2144mm. Bore: mouthpiece cup diameter 15.0mm; bore at top 4.6mm; bell diameter 94mm. Written inside bell: "NR.1980 / RUNE.SELÉN.MÒRA / ANNO.1973". Instrument may have originally been in one piece; tube now divided in two and fitted with socket and tenon joint.

Notes

P.R. Cooke, 1993.

Measurements

2144.

Provenance

ex- C.W. Monk collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3179