English G Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: 1833 - 1837
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by an unknown maker in England, around 1833 to 1837. It is a G trumpet made of brass with two ivory topped Stölzel model piston valves and accessioned with four crooks, in E-flat, F, D, and C.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Heinrich David Stölzel (1777-1844) was born in Scheeberg, Germany and was a horn player who developed some of the first valves for brass instruments. Stölzel developed this type of valve around 1814.</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 Wesleyan University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.054255
label: catalog number
content: 54255
label: accession number
content: 11172
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 5 1/4 in x 9 in; 35.56 cm x 13.335 cm x 22.86 cm