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Tenor trombone. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Descending slide has fixed inner slide with stocking at bottom, moving outer slide (as usual); ascending slide has moving inner slide with stocking at top, fixed outer slide (opposite of usual); both inner slides have expanding bore. Tuning-slide legs have expanding bore, although externally cylindrical. Water-key on main slide bow. The model with an 8-inch bell is described in the maker's brochure as 'Symphony model (wide bore)'.
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Circa 1925 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Laporte/Indiana/United States of America - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.22 Labrosones with slides
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22 Labrosones with slides
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1164; bell 202.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17194