Valve Trumpet in F

Courtois & Mille French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 680

This trumpet has Périnet valves, which are common on French instruments of the period between 1860 and 1920. Using different crooks, the trumpet can be set up in the tonality keys of F, E, E-flat, D, C, and B-flat (A).

#Allan Dean, trumpet; Jonathan Hall, Bechstein piano (1993.292) playing Bizet's La chanson de la rose

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  1. Allan Dean, trumpet; Jonathan Hall, Bechstein piano (1993.292) playing Bizet's La chanson de la rose
  2. Allan Dean playing Arban's Etude #11 (recorded: 2004)
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Valve Trumpet in F, Courtois & Mille (French), Brass, silver-plated, French

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Valve Trumpet in F, Courtois & Mille (French), Brass, silver-plated, French
Valve Trumpet in F, Courtois & Mille (French), Brass, silver-plated, French
Valve Trumpet in F, Courtois & Mille (French), Brass, silver-plated, French
Valve Trumpet in F, Courtois & Mille (French), Brass, silver-plated, French
Valve Trumpet in F, Courtois & Mille (French), Brass, silver-plated, French

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