Getzen B-Flat Slide Trumpet

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Description:

This trumpet was made by Getzen Company, Inc. in Elkhorn, Wisconsin in 1963. It is a B-flat slide trumpet made of brass and nickel plate. This instrument is really a soprano trombone but sold as a slide trumpet by the manufacturer. It is engraved:

GETZEN
ELKHORN
-WIS-

A 1959 Getzen advertisement for this instrument, with the endorsement of American jazz trumpeter Bobby Hackett indicates, “Cornet players…trumpet players…trombone players…beginners too - for those new effects that are impossible with any other instrument, get this sensational musical instrument, same true tone as ANY trumpet, with full range and accurate A-440 pitch. Ruggedly built of brass, polished and lacquered, Getzen-guaranteed…Easy to play-learn quickly with furnished instruction book.

Same slide principle as standard trombone, with slide positions plainly marked on outside slide. Lightning action, tunable, any mouthpiece fits. At music dealers, or write us.”

This instrument originally sold for $19.95.

Date Made: 1963

Maker: Getzen Company, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Wisconsin, Elkhorn

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Credit Line: Gift of Getzen Co., Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MI.66.152Catalog Number: 66.152Accession Number: 263102

Object Name: trumpet

Physical Description: brass (overall material)nickel silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 18 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 46.355 cm x 12.065 cm x 16.51 cmtrumpet: 4 9/16 in x 6 1/8 in x 18 3/8 in; 11.58875 cm x 15.5575 cm x 46.6725 cmmouthpiece: 3 1/2 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.89 cm x 2.69875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-3639-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_606687

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