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Contrabass valve trombone. Nominal pitch: 18-ft B♭.

Technical description: Brass; german silver stay mounts and one bell section ferrule. Angled layout; adjustable angled mouthpipe; angled adjustable pipe between body of instrument and bell section; loop in bell section. Length of shorter leg of tuning-slide 130mm, allowing increase of air column length by nearly 260mm. Valve type: 4 rotary valves in line. Repair History: The curved shank has been repaired and its stepped bore profile may not be original.

  • Date:
    Mid 20th Century
  • Maker:
    Stowasser, J.A.
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Graslitz, Czechoslovakia (now Kraslice, Czech Republic)
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.2
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:Length along valve section 1230; length along bell section 590; bell diameter 250.