Catholic - Historic Brass Society

UTLEY & KLAUS
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and return-springs with rollers similar to the instruments under discussion, but unlike the
instruments we have seen so far, the short levers for both valves are pivoted at the same side
in one common saddle (Figure 25). Leicher’s instrument dates from the time when the
change of construction took place in the Barth workshop.
Figure 25
Trumpet in C by Dominicus Leicher, Augsburg 1837 (Ingolstadt, 2693). Note the
pivot ends of the two short levers, saddle, and return-spring roller.