Showing results
Hide images
Keyed trumpet.
Technical description: Brass with copper bellpipe; final 65mm of bell flare joined by circumferential tabbed seam; garland; tuning slide proximal leg has moving outer; distal leg has moving inner. the keys arranged for operation by the right hand; 1st to 3rd keys (from bell end) mounted on bell pipe; 4th to 6th keys mounted on tubular bridges; cork buffers on short chimneys to limit travel of 1st and 2nd; cork buffers on touchpieces of 4th, 5th, 6th.; Nominal pitch: 5½-ft G.; Type or system: 6 keys.; Keyhead type: flat, round.; Keymount type: saddles with coiled springs.; R1: @I{3rd; 4th.R2: @I{2nd; 5th.R3: @I{6th.R4: @I{1st.; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|446|Hz.;
- Date:
May 1987 - Maker:
John Webb. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
Loading... - Place of production:
London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.211-71
- Culture:
- Period:
- Materials:
- Specific materials/techniques:
- Decorative elements:
- Inscriptions:Stamped on applied copper plate on garland "WEBB / LONDON"; stamped on bell near tuning-slide distal outer "66".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.211-71
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 419; bell 139.; Sounding length: 1526 (all keys closed).; Bore: mouthpipe at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.95; main tuning-slide from 345mm to 681mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s bores - 11.5; at 763mm from bell end, c|11.65; at c|281mm from bell end, 17.9.B|=|0.71 (all keys closed).Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.0 - 10.95.