Category:Trumpet, "Bach", straight, 2 valves (ca.1900) W. Brown & Sons, London (AM 1998.60.64)

Quotation of engraves
W.BROWN&SONS
𝔐𝔞𝔎𝔢𝔯𝔰
2 TRACEY STREET
KENSINGTON ROAD
LONDON

References edit

  • trumpet [1998.60.64]. Auckland Museum (AucklandMuseum.com).
    "trumpet",
    "​Object / Artefact › Applied Arts and Design ",
    "Other titles:  Bach trumpet ",
    "Description:  trumpet, brass, straight, two valves, wood case  / 1 ‘Bach’ trumpet  / W. Brown & Sons, London, England, circa 1900  / brass, two Périnet valves, overall length 1074 mm  / stamped ‘W. BROWN & SONS / Makers / 2 TRACEY STREET / KENSINGTON ROAD / LONDON’  / 1998.60.64 Castle 102 (purchased)
      The so-called ‘Bach’ trumpet is quite different from the valveless trumpet of Bach’s day. It is an octave higher, and has valves. It was designed in the late 19th century to make it easier for trumpet players to play the high trumpet parts written in Bach’s time. 
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    "Place:  London ",
    "Accession number:  1998.60.64 ",
    "Accession date:  10 October 1998 ",
    "Other Number:  1998.60.64, 102, 146 ",
    "Collection area:  Applied Arts and Design ",
    "Item count:  1 ",
    "Record richness:  ",
    "Artefact",
    "Credit:  The Zillah Castle and Ronald Castle Collection of Musical Instruments, (102), collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1998.60.64 ",
    "Collection:Ronald Castle and Zillah Castle",
    "Production:  W Brown & Sons (instrument maker)  / London, England, United Kingdom, Europe  / Circa 1900  / Victorian, Contemporary Age, European and British, art and design period",
    "Signature/marks:  "W BROWN & SONS / Makers / 2 TRACEY STREET / KENNINGTON ROAD / LONDON" (maker's mark)  / "BESSON / [obscured]" (maker's mark)  / "Presented by / Jonathan Wise Esq. / To Mr Fred Wood / Trumpeter Barnsley" (commemoration) ",
    "Consists of:  .1 - mouthpiece › brass (alloy)  / brass, wood case  / .6 case › wood  / .7 case key › metal ",
    "Dimensions:  0 - Whole diameter : 120mm  / .6 - case length (approximate) : 116mm  / .6 - case width : 605mm  / 0 - Whole width : 120mm  / .7 - case key length (approximate) : 35mm  / 0 - Whole length (approximate) : 1074mm  / (length 1074 x width 120 x diameter 120 mm case length 116 x width 605 x 124 mm case key length 35 mm)  / .6 - case depth : 124mm ",
    "Classification:Hornbostel-Sachs (Nomenclature) 423.23  / Chenhall Nomenclature (Nomenclature):  › 06 Tools & Equipment for Communication  › Musical T&E  › Musical Instruments  › Instrument, Brass  › Trumpet  › Trumpet, Valve ",
    "Classification Documents:  Article: Hornbostel and Sachs (1914). Systematik der Musikinstrumente ['Systematik der Musikinstrumente' Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie]. Germany "
    "Record created:  20 January 1999 "

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