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Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch
Maker: C. G. Conn
Maker: C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date: 1929 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: 38H
Serial No: 259090
SignedEngraved on bell in badge and floral design: MADE BY / C. G. Conn Ltd. (script) / ELKHART – IND. / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on lower outer slide tube: 38H / 259090 / P
Stamped on lower cork barrel: 259090
Stamped on upper outer slide tube: 3L
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: 3
Stamped on slide receiver: 5 / 38H
Engraved on one side of counterweight: C. G. Conn Ltd. (script)
Engraved on other side of counterweight: C. E. Vik (script)
Stamped on lower cork barrel: 259090
Stamped on upper outer slide tube: 3L
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: 3
Stamped on slide receiver: 5 / 38H
Engraved on one side of counterweight: C. G. Conn Ltd. (script)
Engraved on other side of counterweight: C. E. Vik (script)
DescriptionBrass; with (later) nickel-plated brass inner slides and stockings. Satin silver finish with burnished engraving. Gold-plated bell interior.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (178 mm)
Primary bore: 0.478 in (12.1 mm)
Primary bore: 0.478 in (12.1 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesKitzel, Larry. The Trombones of the Shrine to Music Museum. DMA dissertation (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1985), p. 58, plate 59.
Object number: 00485