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Bach trumpet.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. French bell rim. Straight. Tuning shank at mouthpipe with ligature restraint on valve section. With detachable section between valve and bell sections with ligature restraint on valve and bell sections. No alternative detachable sections. With ring for R4.; Nominal pitch: 3¼-ft D.; Type or system: 3 valves.; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at A?=|452.4|Hz; the slides allow use at low pitch.;
- Date:
1929 - Maker:
Boosey & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "``SOLBRON'' / (REGISTERED) / CLASS|A" / trumpet-and-banner trademark incorporating "TRADE MARK" and "BOOSEY" / "BOOSEY|&|CO|LTD / MAKERS. LONDON / 134310 / British Throughout"; sideways on back of bell "PLATED BY BOOSEY|&|CO."; on 2nd|valve stamped with trumpet-and-banner trademark incorporating "TRADE MARK" and "BOOSEY" / "106298"; on valve casings, top and bottom caps "1", "2", "3".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 998; bell 115.; Sounding length: minimum 998.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.85; valve cluster from 156mm to 231mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.0; at 499mm from bell end, c|11.55; at c|274mm from bell end, 16.35; at 13mm from bell end, 68.7.B|=|0.64.Bell cutoff |1500|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 10.65 - 9.85.