Glier E-Flat Natural Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: 1913 - 1932
name: label: maker
content: Glier, Mieczyslaw
label: maker
content: Glier, Mieczyslaw
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Mieczyslaw Glier in Warsaw, Poland around 1913 to 1932. It is an E-flat natural trumpet made of brass with nickel plate, with two folds. This trumpet is accessioned with a fabric tabard: red with appliqued eagle with crown on one side and on the other, yellow and blue fabric. There is silver fringe around the edges of the tabard and tied around the lower part of the trumpet, a cord of silver and red with four tassels. Both sides are embroidered "1 p.p. LEG." The trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[eagle medallion],br>M. GLIER<br>WARSZAWA</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Mieczyslaw Glier (1886-1979) comes from a family of musical instrument makers beginning with his grandfather Friederich Wilhelm Glier (1812-1899), known as Wilhelm. Friederich Wilhelm was born in Klingenthal and founded his musical instrument company in Warsaw in 1835. Friederich Wilhelm’s three sons, Adolf, Friederich, and Alexander (1849-1912) were also instrument makers in the company. Alexander inherited the company in 1899. Mieczyslaw took over the factory after the death of his father Alexander, and continued to make instruments until 1944 when the factory was destroyed. After WWII, Mieczyslaw was one of the founders of an instrument making guild in Warsaw.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Poland: Mazowieckie, Warsaw
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Military
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content: Trumpets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Government of Poland
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.038333
label: catalog number
content: 38333
label: accession number
content: 114295
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 7 in; 72.39 cm x 13.335 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: tabard: 21 in x 17 in; 53.34 cm x 43.18 cm
label: Measurements
content: trumpet: 5 3/16 in x 14 3/4 in x 28 1/4 in; 13.17625 cm x 37.465 cm x 71.755 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 11/16 in x 1 1/8 in; 9.36625 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: tabard: 1 1/2 in x 18 in x 22 in; 3.81 cm x 45.72 cm x 55.88 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm