Skip to main content
Restricted: For reference only
Valved trumpet
Restricted: For reference only

Valved trumpet

Charles Mahillon (Belgian, 1813–1887)
about 1840
Object PlaceBrussels, Belgium
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 40.5 cm (15 15/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1997
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell garland: C. Mahillon BruxellesProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
Lur (after Danish example, about 1000 B.C.)
Victor-Charles Mahillon
late 19th century
Lituus (after ancient Roman type)
Victor-Charles Mahillon
late 19th century
Keyed bugle in B-flat
Charles-Joseph Sax
1841
Cornet
Charles-Joseph Sax
about 1830
Omnitonic horn
Charles-Joseph Sax
1833
Cornet in B-flat
Charles Pace
about 1840
Practice violin
Charles F. Albert
about 1886
Flute in F
Charles G. Christman
about 1845
Oboe
Charles Bizey
mid-18th century
Mélophone
Charles Alexandre Pellerin
about 1845
Melodeon (lap organ)
Charles Austin
about 1850