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Alto valve trombone, E-flat, high pitch
Alto valve trombone, E-flat, high pitch
Alto valve trombone, E-flat, high pitch

Alto valve trombone, E-flat, high pitch

Date1885 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Place DistributedUnited States, North America
Place MadeBohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
ModelShort model
Serial No.none
Signednone
MarkingsEngraved on receiver ferrule: X
Engraved on slide receiver: XXIIII
Engraved on inner valve slides: XI IIII
Stamped on bell ligature screw: P
Stamped on valve cases and caps, respectively: 37, 38, 39
DescriptionBrass, German-silver (finger buttons), double loop body and single-loop bell, tuning slide at small second loop, three bottom-sprung Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), one key on nickel-silver-plated brass pistons, single water key at main tuning slide, windway 1-2-3.

Same model as NMM 07336 in alto size, resembling model no. 800 in Charles Bruno & Son's "Illustrated Catalogue," New York 1883-1884.
DimensionsLength (body): 500 mm
Tube length: 1811 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valves): 11.35 mm, 10.3 mm, 12 mm, 12 mm
Bell diameter: 160 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1988 from an unknown source, California.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06929
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