Instruments
Here are details of some of the Instruments Crispian plays on regularly.You can hear a soundclip, where available, by clicking the play sample icon
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Charles Pace, 49 King Street, Westminster [c.1835?]
Two valved Trumpet in F made for The Band of the Royal Dockyards Volunteer Reserve [emergency Militia].
Two valved Trumpet in F made for The Band of the Royal Dockyards Volunteer Reserve [emergency Militia].
J.A. Kohler, London, No. 70 [1838/9]
Cornet [Cornopean] with three disk valves [which revolve on flat metal plates], patented by W. Shaw of Glossop, Derbyshire.
(401Kb), (501Kb)
Cornet [Cornopean] with three disk valves [which revolve on flat metal plates], patented by W. Shaw of Glossop, Derbyshire.
(401Kb), (501Kb)
Besson & Co., 198 Euston Road, London [1885]
“Echo” Cornet [a fourth valve diverts the airstrem from the bell into a small acoustic chamber which instantly “mutes” the sound].
“Echo” Cornet [a fourth valve diverts the airstrem from the bell into a small acoustic chamber which instantly “mutes” the sound].
C. Mahillon, Brussells [c.1890]
Trumpet in F.
This was the instrument of choice of British symphonic trumpeters from about 1855 to 1915.
Trumpet in F.
This was the instrument of choice of British symphonic trumpeters from about 1855 to 1915.
The Salvation Army, London [1898]
“Pocket” or “Preachers” Cornet.
Compact in design for convenient porterage, this standard Bb Cornet led street-corner hymn-singing.
“Pocket” or “Preachers” Cornet.
Compact in design for convenient porterage, this standard Bb Cornet led street-corner hymn-singing.
Boosey & Co., London [1903]
Trumpet in Bb and A, with false tubing to look like the standard orchestral trumpet in F.
Trumpet in Bb and A, with false tubing to look like the standard orchestral trumpet in F.