InstrumentNatural trumpet |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerT Glen |
Place MadeEurope; Scotland; Edinburgh; United Kingdom |
Date MadeCirca 1850 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Brass; one coil; narrow bell garland; no tuning-slide. Associated mouthpiece, probably by Glen, MIMEd 648.
Overall size: 441; bell 113.
Sounding length: minimum 1163.
Bore: at c 24mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 10.4; at 581mm from bell end, c 11.7; at c 263mm from bell end, 16.5; at 15.3mm from bell end, 70.1. B = 0.69. Bell cutoff = 1300 Hz.
Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.1 - 11.4.
With applied plaque embossed "T. GLEN / NORTH BANK ST / EDINBURGH".
Usable pitch: A⁴ 440 Hz or slightly higher. |
NotesArnold Myers; L. Haigh 14.9.85; R. Parks 14.3.92, 21.10.98; VJB, 28.4.08. |
Measurements441; bell 113. |
ProvenancePossibly to be identified with the trumpet purchased by Professor John Donaldson for the Music Classroom, University of Edinburgh, from Thomas Glen, 2 North Bank Street, 19 November 1855 for 15/-. |
CollectionMIMEd; John Donaldson Collection |
Accession Number0224 |