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Valve trombone.
Technical description: Brass; French bell rim; joint between sections with cylindrical tenon on valve section and ligature restraint on bell section. With fitting for music-card holder; no water-key.; Nominal pitch: B?.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|460|Hz; if the instrument formerly had a shorter tuning-slide it could have been in|C at A?=|440|Hz or higher.;
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1880s - Maker:
Matthias Josef Hubertus Kessels. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Tilburg. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.2
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "G. HANKEN & ZOON / ROTTERDAM / 177"; the middle line is stamped over "CEARA"; on valve casings "25", "26", "27". Embossed on applied silver-plated circular plaque on side of 2nd valve casing "M.J.H. KESSELS / TILBURG".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from front bow knob to bell bow, 880; bell 218.; Sounding length: minimum 2588.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|25mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 11.75; main tuning-slide from 305mm to 963mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s. bore 12.5; valve cluster from 1243mm to 1334mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 12.5; at c|586mm from bell end, 17.7,; at 42.0mm from bell end, 108.6.B|=|0.73.Bell cutoff |800|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.1 - 11.8.