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Trumpet made entirely of brass, having three top-sprung piston valves with triple guide pin disc inside inner casing, green felt and leather bumpers, and buttons with mother-of-pearl touches. The valve stems are silver-plated. This is a "Proteano" model, fitted with a combination tuning and transposing slide, and an adjustment screw rod. Nominal pitch: B-flat or A.
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1930–5 - Maker:
Besson & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/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: CLASS / A / PROTEANO / L.P. / [banner] 50 MEDALS OF HONOUR / [FB monogram] / BESSON & Co. / "Prototype" / LONDON / ENGLAND / [star] / British Throughout |Stamped on 2nd valve casing: BESSON & Co. / [star] / BREVETE (all inside oval)|Stamped on mechanisms: 7 8 9
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Length: 485mm; Height: 175mm; Bell diameter: 125mm; Sounding length: 1325mm