Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
C. G. Conn
Maker
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date1926
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model2H
Serial No.232783
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate floral engraving and scene with a woman bathing: MADE BY / C. G. CONN Ltd. / ELKHART, IND. / U.S.A.MarkingsStamped on lower outer slide tube: 2H / 232783
Stamped on upper cork barrel and upper outer slide tube: 13
Stamped on slide receiver: 2H
Stamped on primary tuning slide: 29A
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver inner slides and stockings. Silver and gold plating.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (178 mm)
Primary bore: 0.445 in (11.3 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesKitzel, Larry. The Trombones of the Shrine to Music Museum. DMA dissertation (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1985), p. 104, plate 105.
Banks, Margaret Downie, Elkhart’s Brass Roots 1994, p. 63.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01995
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