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Cavalry Trumpet in C

ca. 1800
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 680

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Cavalry Trumpet in C
  • Maker: Courtois père
  • Date: ca. 1800
  • Geography: Paris, France
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Brass, nickel-silver
  • Dimensions: 7 13/16 × 4 5/8 × 16 1/8 in. (19.8 × 11.7 × 41 cm)
    Diameter (Of bell): 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
  • Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
  • Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.4.1102
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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