Getzen B-Flat Trumpet: Museum Object and Cultural History
Getzen B-Flat Trumpet: date made: ca 1960-1961. maker: Getzen Company, Inc.. Object Name: trumpet.
The object in the museum catalogue
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:
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
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1960-1961
- maker: Getzen Company, Inc.
- Object Name: trumpet
- 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
- Measurements: trumpet: 4 11/16 in x 6 5/8 in x 19 in; 11.90625 cm x 16.8275 cm x 48.26 cm
- Measurements: mouthpiece: 3 7/16 in x 1 1/16 in; 8.73125 cm x 2.69875 cm
- place made: United States: Wisconsin, Elkhorn
- general subject association: Circus
- ID Number: 1983.0571.04
- accession number: 1983.0571
- catalog number: 1983.0571.04
- Credit Line: Gift of David A. Nicksay
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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