Uhlmann D Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
name: label: maker
content: Uhlmann, Leopold
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Leopold Uhlmann (1806-1878) in Vienna about 1840. It is a D trumpet made of brass with a nickel silver bell garland, and three Viennese style double piston valves. It’s likely that this trumpet was an early type of piccolo trumpet developed for clarino parts. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Leopold Uhlmann K:K:priv: Instrumenten fabrik in Wien</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Leopold Uhlmann apprenticed with his father, Johann, in Vienna and studied horn at the Vienna Conservatory. Uhlmann received a patent for his improvements for double piston valves in 1830. He made instruments until his death in 1878, and his firm was continued by his son until about 1900.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
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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.237757
label: accession number
content: 45356
label: catalog number
content: 237757
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 12.065 cm x 13.97 cm
label: Measurements
content: trumpet: 4 15/16 in x 5 3/4 in x 14 1/2 in; 12.54125 cm x 14.605 cm x 36.83 cm
label: Measurements
content: crooks (2) in box: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm x 20.955 cm