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Valve tenor trombone. Nominal pitch: C.

Technical description: Brass. Stockings on tuning-slides; long slides on 3rd v.t.s, allowing increase of air-column length by c250mm. Valve type: 3 rotary valves, with cork buffers on rotors and 'Mainz' leaf spring action. Repair History: The main section and the bell section probably did not originate together.

  • Date:
    Mid 19th century, probably 1857
  • Maker:
    Roth, Charles
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Strasbourg/France
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.2
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:938; bell 141.