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Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Date: 1927 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: New Proportion 1106
Serial No: 107731
SignedEngraved within floral design and heart-shaped figure on bell: NEW / PROPORTION / KING / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEV'D / O.
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: [lion head] / THE KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / LOW PITCH / PAT. MAY 17-1910.
MarkingsStamped on slide receiver and outer slide: 107731
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver inner slides. Satin silver finish.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7-1/8 in (181 mm)
Primary bore: 0.445 - 0.475 in (11.3 - 12.0 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. 126, plate 127.
Object number: 02089