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Fanfare trumpet

This instrument is associated with the Royal Military School of Music. It is a melody fanfare trumpet made of silver-plated brass in two sections (valve section and bell section) joined through a ligature screw joint, with three piston valves. The valves are of "Solbron" type (combination alloy of solder and bronze), bottom-sprung, with metal guides and red felt and cork bumpers. The valve buttons are of silver-plated nickel-silver. The finger ring holder is placed on the third valve casing. The valve tuning slides have one pulling knob. Nominal pitch: B-flat.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on 2nd valve casing: 115052|Stamped on valve casings: 24 23 22|Stamped on joint shank ferrule: 5 (and) A-natural|Stamped on joint ferrules of valve and bell sections: 6 |Stamped on bell: L.P. / "SOLBRON" / (REGISTERED) / CLASS A / [Boosey trumpet trademark] / BOOSEY & Co. LTD / MAKERS.LONDON / 138227 / British Throughout
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2 Valve trumpets with long air column (more than 2 m)
  • Repository:Museum of Army Music
  • Measurements:Length: 1330mm; Bell diameter: 115mm; Sounding length: 1348mm