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Tenor valve trombone in B flat

Brushed effect brass with decorative ferrules and stay plates. 3 Périnet bottom-sprung valves with tuning slides. One main tuning slide between valves and bell. The tuning slides to not have the brushed brass effect and have a slightly different design on their decorative ferrules.

  • Date:
    late 19th century
  • Maker:
    Oertel, Louis
  • Collection:
    Birmingham Conservatoire
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  • Place of production:
    Germany
  • Culture:
  • Period:late 19th century
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  • Inscriptions:Engraved on bell: “Louis Oertel / Koh - i - nor“
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  • Repository:Birmingham Conservatoire
  • Measurements:Bell section: 682mm; main joint: 520mm; bell diameter:: 191mm