Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
F. E. Olds
Maker
F. E. Olds & Son
Date1923-1925 ca.
Place MadeLos Angeles, California, United States, North America
ModelStandard
Serial No.Bell – 5931; Slide – 5684
SignedEngraved on bell beneath a gold-plated floral design: [trademark of bear playing a trombone] / MADE BY / F. E. Olds & / Son / Los Angeles / CalifMarkingsStamped on slide receiver: M / 5931
Stamped on slide tenon: M 5684
Stamped on tuning slide brace in slide segment and backside of water key: 5684
Engraved beneath trademark: PAT – APR – 2 1912
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver inner slides and stockings. Satin silver finish with gold-plated bell interior and trim.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7-1/8 in (181 mm)
Primary bore: 0.490-0.500 in (12..4-12.7 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), p. 147.
Kitzel, Larry. The Trombones of the Shrine to Music Museum. DMA dissertation (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1985), p. 152, plate 154.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02119
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