Tenor valve trombone, B-flat, high pitch
Distributor
J. W. Pepper
Date1904 ca.
Place DistributedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
ModelSurprise
Serial No.50947
SignedStamped on bell: J. W. PEPPER / SURPRISE / PHILADELPHIA / 50947MarkingsStamped on bell receiver: 8
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: 11
Stamped on valve cases, stems, and valve caps respectively: 22, 23, 24
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, bell interior gold plated, single-loop body and single-loop bell, tuning slide at foot, three top-sprung Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), spring outside stem, aligment by one key on nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 3-2-1.
The same tenor valve trombone model was offered in a fragmented catalog by J. W. Pepper from about 1904. Characteristic is the almost square arrangement of the first valve loop surrounded by a similarly shaped third valve loop.
DimensionsLength (body): 1045 mm
Tube length: 2607 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, main tuning slide, valve slides): 12.1 mm, 11.7 mm, 11.9 mm, 11.82 mm (0.465 inches)
Bell diameter: 205 mm (8 1/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Fred Oster, Vintage Instruments, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07338
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