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Valve trumpet
Trumpet in B flat. Brass body with silver-plated valve caps, valve touches, ferrules and lead pipe. Originally three rotary valves but second valve and valve loop tubing has been removed. Valves have adjustable clock-spring mechanism. Rim of bell stamped: KRUSPE/in/ERFURT; with a flower emblem directly beneath.
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Kruspe, Friedrich Wilhelm [Person] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Erfurt (Timezone: Europe/Berlin) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Materials:solder, cork, nickel silver plating, steel, copper alloy
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 460 mm x 195 mm