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Valve trombone.

Technical description: Brass with german-silver garland ferrules, bell bow guard, short stays, valve caps etc. Short model with coil in bell and coil in main tuning-slide for B?. No water-key. Fitting for music-card holder.; Nominal pitch: C / B?.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably intended for use at A?=|435|Hz but probably flatter.;

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: 740; bell 163.; Sounding length: minimum 2792.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|40mm from mouthpiece receiver (local minimum bore) 12.6; main tuning-slide from 288mm to 1080mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s. bore 12.45; valve cluster from 1123mm to 1248mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 12.7; at 1361mm from bell end, c|12.4; at c|575mm from bell end, 17.5; at 21.8mm from bell end, 101.B|=|0.80.Bell cutoff |1000|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.8 - 12.6.