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Contrabass valve trombone, BB-flat, low pitch
Alternate name:Cimbasso
Maker: Fratelli A. M. Bottali
Distributor: O. Pagani & Bro.
Date: 1915-1930 ca.
Place Made:Milan, Italy, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: [crowned coat of arms of Milan] / PRIMARIA / PREMIATA FABBRICA / FLLI / A. M. BOTTALI / MILANO / (ITALIA) / [eight-pointed star] / MARCA / G. PELITTI / [eight-pointed star] / O. PAGANI & BRO / NEW YORK
MarkingsStamped in various places on valve cluster: 20
Stamped on bar beneath touchpieces: 233
Stamped on bar beneather touchpieces: SISTEMA / BOTALLI / BREVETTATO
Stamped on bar beneath touchpieces: 233
Stamped on bar beneather touchpieces: SISTEMA / BOTALLI / BREVETTATO
DescriptionBrass, lacquered. Three rotary valves with metal linkages.
DimensionsBell diameter: 10-1/2 in (267 mm)
Primary bore: 0.560 in (14.2 mm)
Primary bore: 0.560 in (14.2 mm)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 215, plate 216.
“Sally Fantle Archival Research Center Guestbook,” National Music Museum Newsletter Vol 37, No.2 (August, 2010), 2.
“Sally Fantle Archival Research Center Guestbook,” National Music Museum Newsletter Vol 37, No.2 (August, 2010), 2.
Object number: 02934