Tenor valve trombone, B-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Distributor
Lyon & Healy
Trade Name
Champion
Date1920-1925 ca.
Place MadeBohemia, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelShort model
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: Champion / Silver Piston / ChicagoMarkingsStamped on receivers of mouthpiece and bell: 6
Stamped on valve cases and caps, respectively: 118, 119 / 4, 120
DescriptionBrass, imitation mother-of-pearl (finger buttons), double-loop body and single-loop bell, tuning slide with quick-change push rod at second smaller loop of body, three bottom-sprung Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), aligmnent by one key on nickel-silver pistons, single water key at first bow, windway 1-2-3.
Champion Silver Piston Chicago was a tradename by Lyon & Healy in Chicago. The shape of the braces suggests Czech origin.
DimensionsLength (body): 752 mm
Tube length: 2611 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.9 mm, 10.2 mm, 11.8 mm, 11.8 mm (0.465 inches)
Bell diameter: 192 mm (7 5/8 inches)
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Fred Oster, Vintage Instruments, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07336
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