Getzen B-Flat Slide Trumpet
- Description (Brief)
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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. This trumpet is engraved:
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Getzen [/] DELUXE [/] ELKHORN [/] -WIS-
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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.
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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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- unspecified
- Getzen Co., Inc.
- maker
- Getzen Company, Inc.
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Elkhorn
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- nickel plate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 45.085 cm x 11.43 cm x 16.51 cm
- trumpet: 4 5/8 in x 18 1/4 in x 5 5/16 in; 11.7475 cm x 46.355 cm x 13.49375 cm
- mouthpiece: 3 1/2 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.89 cm x 2.69875 cm
- ID Number
- MI.66.153
- catalog number
- 66.153
- accession number
- 263102
- Credit Line
- Gift of Getzen Co., Inc.
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Trumpets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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