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St. Joseph Museums

The image shows an instructional page titled "Position and Fingering Chart" by Ronald Stuckey, featuring two black and white photographs of a person demonstrating the correct trumpet positioning and embouchure. The page is yellowed and slightly tattered, indicating its age and use. Below the images, text provides detailed instructions on finger positions for playing various notes on the trumpet or cornet, using numbers to indicate which valves to press. The musical notes and corresponding fingering positions span several lines of sheet music, covering notes from F# to F across various octaves. The copyright at the bottom indicates the page was published in 1939 by Mills Music Inc., located in New York.

The image shows an instructional page titled "Position and Fingering Chart" by Ronald Stuckey, featuring two black and white photographs of a person demonstrating the correct trumpet positioning and embouchure. The page is yellowed and slightly tattered, indicating its age and use. Below the images, text provides detailed instructions on finger positions for playing various notes on the trumpet or cornet, using numbers to indicate which valves to press. The musical notes and corresponding fingering positions span several lines of sheet music, covering notes from F# to F across various octaves. The copyright at the bottom indicates the page was published in 1939 by Mills Music Inc., located in New York.

Name/Title

Sheet Music

Entry/Object ID

Q2025.19.7

Scope and Content

Trumpet Position and Fingering Sheet by Mills Music, Inc. found in the music closet of the Glore Psychiatric Museum.

Parts

Count

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good