Wright & Baldwin Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1845
name: label: manufacturer
content: Wright & Baldwin
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Wright & Baldwin in Boston, Massachusetts about 1845. It is an F trumpet made of brass with three Viennese double piston valves. This trumpet is of an unusual design, known as an Old Mainz Model, is played with the body of the trumpet above the fingering levers. This trumpet is engtraved: </p>
label: Description
content: <p>Wright & Baldwin<br> Makers-Boston</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Elbridge G. Wright (1811-1871) started his musical instrument firm in Boston in 1841. This trumpet is one of the few instruments made during Wright’s brief partnership with Baldwin in 1845.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The University Museum, University of Pennsylvania (through Dr. Robert H. Dyson)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0637
label: accession number
content: 1991.0406
label: catalog number
content: 65.0637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 8 in; 44.45 cm x 12.065 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 5/8 in x 1 in; 6.6675 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: trumpet: 4 3/4 in x 8 in x 17 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 20.32 cm x 44.45 cm