Title: Valve Trumpet
Object type: Valve Trumpet
Date: ca. 1845
Culture: American
Artist:  Elbridge G. Wright 
Artist bio: Ashby, Massachusetts 1811–1871 Boston, Massachusetts
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Brass, nickel-silver
Dimensions: Height: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
Diameter (Of bell): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2002
Geography:  Boston Massachusetts  United States      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY