Wessex R45
Bb small-bore trumpet · current
A beautiful made rotary valve trumpet at affordable price. This plays with lovely mellow tone and is well in tune.
| Type | trumpet |
|---|---|
| Key | Bb |
| Bore class | small |
| Bore size | .433″ |
| Valve type | Rotary (German-style) |
| Valves | 3 |
| Bell diameter | 5.31″ |
| Bell material | gold brass |
| Finish | lacquer or silver |
| Era | current |
| Price (MSRP) | $900 |
Features: Bore stated 11 mm. bell 135 mm. Gold Brass bell; Nickel leadpipe; Nickel tuning slides; Fitted with tuning trigger; Lightweight foambody case; Mouthpiece; Note: The mouthpiece supplied with this instrument is silver and not gold as pictured. Wessex series: Elite. Offered in lacquer or silver; the lower price is recorded as the "from" price. Wessex publishes both units and rounds either one (11.66 mm appears as 0.46" on some models; the CR20-HP prints "11.6mm (0.459")" where the inch figure is the precise one), so a 3-decimal inch figure is taken as published and otherwise the millimetre value is converted.
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