Detail View: MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh): Bass valve trumpet. Nominal pitch: 8-ft C (Courtois neveu aîné) : TOP

Work Record ID: 
0036850
Licence: 
ID Number: 
5834
Title: 
Bass valve trumpet. Nominal pitch: 8-ft C.
Title Notes: 
3 valves.
Creator: 
Courtois neveu aîné
Date: 
Circa 1840
Description: 
Technical description: brass. Valve type: 3 Stölzel valves; alignment by screwed pin.
Work Type: 
Musical Instrument
Work Type: 
Wind
Work Type: 
Trumpets
Work Type: 
Bass trumpet
Measurement: 
526; bell 150.
Measurement: 
minimum 2299.
Measurement: 
mouthpipe at 32mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.3; m.t.s. at c|540mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning-slide bores 11.2-11.0 ; centre of valve cluster at c|1388mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 12.6; at 1149mm from bell end, c|11.4; at c|566mm from bell end, 16.1; at 15.6mm from bell end, 93.0. B|=|0.69. Bell cutoff |1200|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.1 - 11.5.
Production Place: 
Paris
Production Place: 
Europe
Production Place: 
France
Production Place: 
Western Europe
Repository: 
MIMEd
Style or Period: 
1830s
Style or Period: 
1840s
Style or Period: 
19th century
Repro Link ID: 
0036850c
Repro File Type: 
Cropped Tiff
Repro Title: 
Bass valve trumpet. Nominal pitch: 8-ft C (Courtois neveu aîné) : TOP
Repro Creator Name: 
Dominic Ibbotson
Repro Rights Statement: 
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status: 
Full public access