The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Valve Trumpet in B-flat

Valve Trumpet in B-flat

Date:: 19th century
Geography:: Germany
Medium:: Brass
Dimensions:: L. 416 mm, L. of tube ca. 1300 (Baines' table--see References), Diam. of bell 117 mm, L. of mouthpiece 66 mm.
Classification:: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Credit Line:: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number:: 89.4.809

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: (on valve assembly and underside of touches) 11 brass, nickel-silver
References

Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1904, vol. I, pg. 182.
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What
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Central Europe and Low Countries, 1800–1900 A.D.