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Valve trombone
Valve trombone in B flat, long model. Brass. Three Vienna valves positioned on second yard of the valve section. A thumb plate connects the casings of first and second valves. There is a tuning slide on the lower branch. Valve section and bell connected with inertia fitting. Socket for the music card holder is on the mouthpipe. The bell has been replaced and a ferrule is fitted over the join on the bell stem.
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circa 1870 - Maker:
Van Engelen [Corporation] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Lierre - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.2 Valve trumpets with long air column (more than 2 m)
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- Materials:metal, copper alloy
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2 Valve trumpets with long air column (more than 2 m)
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 1110 mm x 256 mm