Wenzel Stowassers Söhne B-Flat Trumpet
date: label: date made
content: 1873 - 1900
name: label: maker
content: Wenzel Stowassers Söhne
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trumpet was made by Wenzel Stowaasers Söhne in Graslitz (Kraslice) in Bohemia around 1873 to 1900. It is a B-flat trumpet made of brass with nickel silver trim, with three rotary valves with mother-of-pearl inlays on the finger levers. This trumpet is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>W Stowassers<br>Söhne<br>Graslitz</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Wenzel Stowasser started making brass instruments in 1824 in Graslitz. After his death in 1860, the firm was continued by his sons Josef, Julius, and Richard as W. Stowaasers Söhne.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Czech Republic: Karlovarský Kraj, Kraslice
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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.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.214566
label: accession number
content: 39076
label: catalog number
content: 214566
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 7 in; 46.99 cm x 11.43 cm x 17.78 cm