English F Slide Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: 1825-1827
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by an unknown maker in England around 1825 to 1827. It is an F slide trumpet made of copper and brass with silver garnishes and a heavily chased silver ball. The trumpet features a double clock slide spring mechanism.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was previously owned by Philadelphia composer and musician John T. Norton, a Professor of Trumpet at the Royal Academy of Music, who emigrated from London to the United States in 1827. W.G. Armstrong in his book, <i>A Record of Opera in Philadelphia,</i> indicates Norton’s first appearance in Philadelphia was at the King’s Theatre. Norton also performed with traveling opera troupes in New Orleans and New York.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Trumpets
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Weston D. Bayley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.237756
label: accession number
content: 45356
label: catalog number
content: 237756
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 60.96 cm x 12.065 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: trumpet: 4 5/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 23 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 14.605 cm x 60.6425 cm
label: Measurements
content: accessories in box: 2 1/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 3/8 in; 5.23875 cm x 16.03375 cm x 16.1925 cm