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Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Date: 1928 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King New Proportion
Serial No: 115020
SignedEngraved on bell in floral design: New / Proportion / KING / MADE BY / THE / H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEV’D / O.
Stamped mouthpiece receiver: [lion head] / THE KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / LOW PITCH / PAT. MAY 17-1910.
MarkingsStamped on back of slide receiver, outer slide, and bell/slide joint: 115020


DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver inner slides. Silver-plated finish.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (178 mm)
Primary bore: 0.495 in (12.6 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 79.
Object number: 01001