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Description: | Slide trumpet, yellow brass. Middle section is a later substitute, namely: lower parts of mouthpipe; lower yard and bow. A single Périnet valve (lowers the pitch by one tone) inserted in mouthpipe is a later addition: the valve is detachable and replaceable by a shank with the distinctive decorated Köhler sleeve. Crooks in F, E flat and C: one bent shank and one tuning bit. The ivory mouthpiece is probably contemporary but not necessarily appropriate. Some denting at upper bend of slide. Stamped: J. Köhler Henrietta Street (marked: T. Harper's Improved; and on springbox: 143).
The addition of an automatic slide return device operated by a double clock-spring mechanism in the late 18th century made the slide trumpet a feasible virtuoso instrument. The slide trumpet was the trumpet of choice in England for much of the 19th century.
caption: General view of object no. 14.5.47/147. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | 423.22 Slide trumpets ivory brass slide trumpets | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12455 | Go to resource |
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