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Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Tenor trombone, B-flat, low pitch

Date: 1927 ca.
Place Made:Elkhorn, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Model: Holton Special
Serial No: 93133
SignedEngraved on bell: HOLTON SPECIAL / MADE BY / (cursive) Frank Holton & Co. / ELKHORN WIS.
MarkingsStamped on slide receiver: 3 / 93133 / (sideways) L.P.
Stamped on upper oversleeve: PAT 10-27-08 / FRANK HOLTON & CO / ELKHORN, WIS / L.P.
Stamped on lower oversleeve: L / 6453
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver inner slides. Silver-plated finish with gold-plated bell interior.
DimensionsBell diameter: 7 in (176 mm)
Primary bore: 0.475 in (12.1 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. 149.
Object number: 02114