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Trumpet, USS Houston, #2013-125-001

<p>Brass trumpet with mother of pearl valve buttons from the USS Houston wreck site. &nbsp;It is damaged with various cracks, bends, and dents, The trumpet is mainly gold in color with a few places where a copper color shows through.</p>
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Title: Trumpet, USS Houston, #2013-125-001   
Caption: Brass trumpet after conservation treatment from a WWII era ship, USS Houston
Description: This conserved brass trumpet with mother of pearl valve buttons was recovered from a WWII era Northampton-class heavy cruiser (CA-30). Serial numbers “290190” are located on the 2nd valve providing information that this trumpet is a C.G. Conn trumpet that was made between 1933-1934.
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