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Tenor valve trombone, B-flat, high pitch

Tenor valve trombone, B-flat, high pitch

Trade Name: Henry Pourcelle
Date: 1883 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Place Distributed:New York, New York, United States, North America
Model: No. 801, short model
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved on bell: Henry Pourcelle / Paris
MarkingsStamped on second valve case: N / C
Stamped on water key: 12
Stamped on valve cases and top valve caps respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, German silver (finger buttons), double-loop body and single loop bell, tuning slide at second shorter body loop, three bottom-sprung Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), alignment by one key on nickel-silver over brass pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 1-2-3.

“Henry Pourcelle, Paris” was a trade name used by the dealer Charles Bruno in New York for imported wind instruments. This valve trombone is the cheapest version of model no. 801 in brass, offered for $ 39.00, in the 1883–84 "Illustrated Catalogue" by Charles Bruno and Son in New York.
DimensionsLength (body): 746 mm
Tube length: 2633 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.1 mm, 10.6 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.73 mm (0.462 inches)
Bell diameter: 204 mm (8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Rich Ita, Atlanta, Georgia.
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Object number: 07220