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Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Maker: Buescher
Date: 1924 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Buescher Grand
Serial No: 173393
SignedEngraved on bell: THE / Buescher Grand / ELKHART / IND.
MarkingsStamped on cork barrel: 173393 / 38 / LP / PAT. OCT 29, 07 / TRUE TONE / TRADEMARK / REGISTERED
Stamped on oversleeve: 173393
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver inner slides. Satin silver-plated finish with burnished enrgaving and gold-plated bell interior.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (178 mm)
Primary bore: 0.489-0.510 in (12.4-12.9 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. 144, plate 147.
Object number: 02111