Tenor valve trombone, B-flat
Date1875 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved at bell: Made / by the / BOSTON / Musical Instrument / Manufy.MarkingsStamped on underside of touchpieces, valve cases and rotor spindle: 16, 17, 18
DescriptionGerman-silver-plated brass (body) and German-silver (bell), single-loop body, double-loop bell, tuning slide at foot, S-shaped leadpipe, three side-action (lever over) string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), double cork, spiral-spring return.
This exact model side-action, rotary-valve B-flat tenor trombone is depicted in the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory catalog of 1874 under orchestra instruments.
DimensionsBody length: 895 mm
Tube length: 2670 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 12.4 mm, 11.7 mm, 12.9 mm, 13.2 mm
Bell diameter: 182 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Fred Oster, Vintage Instruments, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07337
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1875-1885 ca.
