Valve Trumpet. Dimensions: Height: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)Diameter (Of bell): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). Maker: Elbridge G. Wright (Ashby, Massachusetts 1811-1871 Boston, Massachusetts). Date: ca. 1845.This trumpet can be set up in C, B-flat, A, or G. The model was developed around 1825-30 in Germany, and Wright's instrument is one of the last specimens built. It is equipped with Vienna valves of the Mainz type, operated with a latch action. Contrary to common usage, the first valve lowers the pitch by a half step and the second valve by a full step. Trumpets with a narrow bore, like this one, were also called cornets. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Valve Trumpet. Dimensions: Height: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)Diameter (Of bell): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). Maker: Elbridge G. Wright (Ashby, Massachusetts 1811-1871 Boston, Massachusetts). Date: ca. 1845.This trumpet can be set up in C, B-flat, A, or G. The model was developed around 1825-30 in Germany, and Wright's instrument is one of the last specimens built. It is equipped with Vienna valves of the Mainz type, operated with a latch action. Contrary to common usage, the first valve lowers the pitch by a half step and the second valve by a full step. Trumpets with a narrow bore, like this one, were also called cornets. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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