Object Details
- Getzen Company, Inc.
- Description
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:
Super Deluxe Getzen Elkhorn, Wis. Tone Balanced
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
- Credit Line
- Gift of David A. Nicksay
- ca 1960-1961
- ID Number
- 1983.0571.04
- accession number
- 1983.0571
- catalog number
- 1983.0571.04
- 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
- 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
- place made
- United States: Wisconsin, Elkhorn
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Trumpets
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Circus
- Record ID
- nmah_679350
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-c6dd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
