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Tenor valve trombone.
Nominal pitch: B♭. 3 valves. Technical description: Brass with german silver garland, stays, and valve parts. Long model with long main tuning-slide in addition to bell tuning-slide. Valve type: 3 rotary valves with cork buffers mounted on valve caps and watch springs in drums with mechanical linkage.
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1854-1914, probably early 20th century - Maker:
Santucci, Ambrogio [Person] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Verona (Timezone: Europe/Rome) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.2 Valve trumpets with long air column (more than 2 m)
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- Decorative elements:engraved on garland with foliage decoration; embellished valve touchpieces, spring drums, connecting arms, valve top and bottom caps, and disc screwheads on rotors.
- Inscriptions:Engraved on bell garland "Prem,,e & Priv,, Stab,, Naz. / Amb.. Santucci in Verona".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2 Valve trumpets with long air column (more than 2 m)
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from bell tuning-slide bow guard to main tuning-slide bow guard 995; bell 154. Sounding length: minimum 2476. Bore: mouthpipe at c|15mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 12.35; main tuning-slide in body from 401mm to 1039mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s bores estimated 12.35 - 12.4; valve cluster from 1179mm to 1304mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 12.4; main tuning-slide in bell from 812mm to 572mm from bell end, m.t.s bores estimated 13.9 - 17.4; at c|460mm from bell end, 17.5; at 16mm from bell end, 92.<i>B</i>|=|0.74.Bell cutoff |1200|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.5 - 12.35 over 15mm.