Images from The Pressler Gallery Coiled Trumpet by Steinmez, Imperial City of Nürnberg, before 1694 NMM 4013. Coiled trumpet by Georg Friedrich Steinmez, Imperial City of Nürnberg, before 1694. The bell of this instrument is significantly larger than the bells found on the NMM's other natural trumpets made in Nürnberg. Current research suggests that it may be one of a group of transitional coiled instruments that led to the development of the horn, while still retaining some features of its trumpet ancestry. Gift of Barbara and Burton E. Hardin, Charleston, Illinois, 1986. Additional Views of the Steinmez Coiled Trumpet Note:  Click on any image below to see a larger image Brass with silver-plated garland Maker's Mark, Signature, Bell Rim, and Garland Decoration Silver-plated garland decorated with engraved flowers, leaves, and scallop design in repoussé. Maker's signature engraved on bell garland: G F S [orb] / MACHT GEORG F.RICH STEINMEZ IN NURNBERG. Ferrule Bell Interior Mouthpiece Receiver Mouthpiece Measurements Sounding length:  3091 mm; internal diameter receiver:  11.8 mm; internal diameter minimum (at 33):  9.9 mm; bell diameter:  193 mm; outer coil diameter:  3112 mm; mouthpiece length:  2.78"; mouthpiece cup diameter:  .7"; depth of cup:  .4"; diameter of throat:  0.184". Literature Rare 18th-Century Hunting Horn Donated," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 14, No. 1 (October 1986), p. 4. "1986 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 16, No. 1 (February 1987), p. 7. Margaret Downie Banks, "17th-and 18th-Century Brass Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Brass Bulletin 58, No. 2 (1987), pp. 57-58. André P. Larson, The National Music Museum:  A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 35. Thomas Tritle, "Horns in The Shrine to Music Museum," Horn Call (October 1988), p. 31. Sabine Klaus, "Horn oder Trompete? Ein Instrument von Johann Carl Kodisch, Nürnberg 1684," Jagd- und Waldhörner. Geschichte und musikalische Nutzung. Michaelsteiner Konferenzberichte, Vol. 70, ed. by Boje E. Hans Schmuhl and Monika Lustig (Augsburg: Wißner, 2006), pp. 155-176.   Click arrow to continue Pressler Gallery Tour Go to Pressler Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Go to Annotated Checklist of European Brass Instruments Made Before 1800 Go to Checklist of Natural Trumpets Made in the Imperial City of Nürnberg Before 1800 National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2002-2007 Most recent update:   September 18, 2007 This page was vistited 7,561 times between June 24, 2002-April 18, 2007 You are the 1,416th visitor to this page since April 18, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page