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Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Maker: C. G. Conn
Date: 1926
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: 2H
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.
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. 104, plate 105.

Banks, Margaret Downie, Elkhart’s Brass Roots 1994, p. 63.
Object number: 01995