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Trumpet in E-flat
This instrument is associated with the Royal Military School of Music. It is a trumpet made entirely of brass with three bottom-sprung piston valves with metal guide pin and cork bumpers. One of the valve buttons, made of nickel-silver is not original. The bell tab-seam has a triangular gusset. There is a water-key on the main tuning slide. Nominal pitch: E-flat.
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1885–1900 - Maker:
Silvani, C. - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: R.M.S.M. / R 1 / C. SILVANI / 4 WHITECROSS PLACE / WILSON STREET / LONDON & PARIS / MADE IN PARIS|Stamped on 2nd valve casing: 3236|Stamped on mechanisms: 4 5 6
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Length: 610mm; Height: 145mm; Bell diameter: 114mm; Sounding length: 1850mm