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Tenor trombone, B-flat, high pitch / low pitch
Maker: Antoine Courtois & Mille
Distributor: Sherman, Clay & Company
Date: 1900-1915 ca.
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: 5604
SignedStamped on bell: MEDAILLE / D / 1ST CLASS / EXPOSITION / UNIVERSELLE / 1855 / Medaille / LONDRES 1862 / Exposition Universelle / PARIS 1867 / Medaille l’Honneur / EN ARGENT / ANTOINE COURTOIS & MILLE / MILLE SR / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATIORE NATIONAL / 88 rue Des Marais St Martin / Paris / 1ER PRIX / GRAND MEDAILLE D’OR / EXPOSITION DE MOSCOU 1872 / MEDAILLE D’OR PARIS 1878 1889 & 1900 / SHERMAN CLAY & CO / Sole U.S agent / San Fransisco
Stamped on upper outer tube, near cork barrel: 5604 / ANTIONE / COURTOIS / MILLE SR / BREVETE / 88 R. DES
MARAIS ST MARTIN / PARIS / MADE IN / FRANCE
Stamped on upper outer tube, near cork barrel: 5604 / ANTIONE / COURTOIS / MILLE SR / BREVETE / 88 R. DES
MARAIS ST MARTIN / PARIS / MADE IN / FRANCE
MarkingsStamped on upper cork barrel: 5604
DescriptionBrass; with brass inner slides and nickel-silver stockings. Satin silver finish with gold-plated burnished bell interior.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (178 mm)
Primary bore: 0.445 in (11.3 mm)
Primary bore: 0.445 in (11.3 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. 92, plate 95.
Object number: 01414