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Valve trumpet.

Technical description: Silver-plated brass; with garland; forwards-pulling main tuning-slide in loop between valves and bell. A patch on the inside of the large bow appears to be original. With fitting for music-card holder; water-key. With (474a) crook for F, (474b) crook for E with ferrule-covered joint, (474c) crook for E? with ferrule-covered joint, (474d) crook for D, (474e) crook for C.; Nominal pitch: F etc.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|460|Hz.;

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  • Inscriptions:Inscribed on garland "Leopold Uhlmann / k. k. priv: / Instrumenten Fabrik in Wien". stamped on mouthpiece receivers of crooks (474a) "F", (474b) "E", (474c) "E?" the flat sign mis-stamped, (474d) "D", (474e) "C".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 445; bell 118.; Sounding length: minima 1742 (in|F), 1870 (in|E), 1962 (in|E?), 2095 (in|D), 2269 (in|C).; Bore: mouthpipe at c|117mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.7; valve cluster from 177mm to 302mm from mouthpiece receiver (with F|crook), v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 10.15; main tuning-slide from 744mm to 1024mm from mouthpiece receiver (with F|crook), m.t.s. bores 10.25 - 10.8; at c|339mm from bell end, 14.9; at 15.5mm from bell end, 76.B|=|0.74 (with crook for F), B|=|0.72 (with crook for E), B|=|0.76 (with crook for E?), B|=|0.82 (with crook for D), B|=|0.80 (with crook for C).Bell cutoff |1200|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. of F|crook 11.25 - 10.55; E crook 11.0 - 10.9; E? crook 11.15 - 10.35; D crook 11.0 - 10.6; C crook 11.05 - 10.5.