Getzen B-Flat Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960-1961
name: label: maker
content: Getzen Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by made by Getzen Company in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, around 1960-1961. It is a B-flat trumpet, Super Deluxe Getzen model, serial #G3568, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Super Deluxe Getzen Elkhorn, Wis. Tone Balanced</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Manuel Marcos Barragan, Jr. (1951-1980), a member from of an old circus family, used this trumpet as the clown, “Zapata,” in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Elkhorn
topic: label: general subject association
content: Circus
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Trumpets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of David A. Nicksay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0571.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0571
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0571.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 7 in; 55.245 cm x 13.335 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: trumpet: 4 11/16 in x 6 5/8 in x 19 in; 11.90625 cm x 16.8275 cm x 48.26 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 7/16 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.73125 cm x 2.69875 cm