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Tenor Trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Tenor Trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Maker: F. E. Olds
Date: 1924 ca.
Place Made:Los Angeles, California, United States, North America
Model: Standard Medium Bore
Serial No: 5062 (bell); 5374 (slide)
SignedEngraved on bell, within floral design: MADE BY / F.E. OLDS / Los Angeles / Cal / PAT – APR – 2 – 1912 / [trademark of bear playing trombone]

MarkingsStamped on slide receiver: 5062
Stamped on slide receiver: M
Stamped on slide tenon: M5374
Stamped on tuning slide brace plates on slide segment and water key: 5374
DescriptionBrass. Silver-plated finish with gold-plated bell interior.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (177 mm)
Primary bore: 0.457 – 0.501 in (11.6 – 12.7 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
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. 137.
Object number: 02101