Natural Trumpet by Paul Hainlein, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1666 NMM 3873. Natural trumpet by Paul Hainlein, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1666. Composite instrument assembled in 1978 from remnants of two or more period instruments. Original bell. Board of Trustees, 1985. Engraved on bell garland: MACHT PAVL / HAINLEIN [master's mark: hen facing left, sitting on nest] / P. H. / IN NVRNBERG / ANNO 1666. Click on any image to see a larger image. Additional Views of Bell Garland Tab Seam Visible in Bell Interior Overlapping tab seam. Tabs ca. 4-5 mm wide and ca. 4-5 mm apart. Measurements Sounding length:  2077 mm; body length: 606 mm; bell diameter:  102 mm. Literature Margaret Downie Banks, "17th-and 18th-Century Brass Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Brass Bulletin 58, No. 2 (1987), pp. 52-54 and 56. André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 34. Mary Oleskiewicz, "The Rise of Italian Chamber Music," Chapter Three in The World of Baroque Music:  New Perspectives, edited by George B. Stauffer (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006), p. 50 and plate 10. Paul Voet, De Eeuwigheid van Trompetten en Trompetters: Ontstaan en Evolutie (Wormerveer, The Netherlands: Molenaar Edition BV, 2006), p. 118, fig. 78. Go to Checklist of Natural Trumpets Made in the Imperial City of Nürnberg Before 1800 Go to Checklist of Brass Instruments Made Before 1800 National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007 Most recent update:   September 14, 2007 You are the 4,639th visitor to this page since September 14, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page