Getzen B-Flat Trumpet
Getzen B-Flat Trumpet
- Description
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This trumpet was made by made by Getzen Company in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, around 1960-1961. It is a B-flat trumpet, Super Deluxe Getzen model, serial #G3568, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved:
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Super Deluxe Getzen Elkhorn, Wis. Tone Balanced
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Manuel Marcos Barragan, Jr. (1951-1980), a member from of an old circus family, used this trumpet as the clown, “Zapata,” in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- trumpet
- date made
- ca 1960-1961
- maker
- Getzen Company, Inc.
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Elkhorn
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in x 7 in; 55.245 cm x 13.335 cm x 17.78 cm
- trumpet: 4 11/16 in x 6 5/8 in x 19 in; 11.90625 cm x 16.8275 cm x 48.26 cm
- mouthpiece: 3 7/16 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.73125 cm x 2.69875 cm
- ID Number
- 1983.0571.04
- accession number
- 1983.0571
- catalog number
- 1983.0571.04
- Credit Line
- Gift of David A. Nicksay
- subject
- Circus
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Trumpets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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