Alto slide trombone in E-flat
Maker
Friedrich Alwin Heckel
Date1889-1915 ca.
Place MadeDresden, Germany, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedEngraved on garland: F. A. Heckel (gothic script) / K. S. Hof-Instrumentenmacher / DresdenDescriptionSeamed brass slide and bell sections. Nickel-silver snake ornaments at bow guards. Brass garland with Saxon rim and simple foliage design engravings. Single bore, cylindrical slide section. Simple friction slide with no locking mechanism. No tuning slide. No water key. Brass Cölner mouthpiece by Schmidt.
Dimensions- Assembled footprint (LxHxW): 910 x 200 x 180mm
- Slide max. length: 773mm
- Bell max. length: 595mm
- Bell diameter: 155mm
- Tube length: 2025mm
- Bore at mouthpiece receiver: 12mm
- Bore at inner slides: 12mm
- Bore at slide tenon: 11.7mm
- Bore at bell receiver: 13.2mm
ProvenanceDonated by Angela Schmeltekopf, Oak Park, Illinois, 2024.
Former collection of trombonist Gerhart Alan Schmeltekopf (1941-2022).
Published ReferencesAna Silva, "New Acquisitions: Two Early Trombones," National Music Museum Newsletter 49 No. 1 (Spring 2025), p.4.
"Trumpets, Clarinets, and Trombones!" National Music Museum Newsletter 49 No. 1 (Spring 2025), p. 6.
Credit LineGift of Angela Schmeltekopf, 2024
Object number15808
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