Tenor/bass cavalry valve trombone, nominal pitch: C + G

Adolphe Sax

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Instrument

Tenor trombone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Adolphe Sax

Place Made

Western Europe ; Paris ; Europe ; France

Date Made

Probably 1869

Description

4 valves. Technical description: Brass; angled layout; tuning-slide with wide bow; 3 valves for right hand, 4th for left hand; ligature fitting at joint. Valve type: 4 Berlin-type valves (ports of each in a plane, with straight through path when not operated; less then 90° windway deflection when valves operated). Signature marks: Inscribed on bell with A.S. PARIS monogram / "SEUL / GRAND PRIX / 1867 / ADOLPHE SAX / Facteur Breveté / DE LA MON MRE DE L'EMPEREUR / 50. Rue St Georges / A PARIS / NO 34539", the `L' of `SEUL' not present; inscribed on 1st valve top cap and side "1"; on 2nd valve top cap and side "2"; on 3rd valve side only "3"; on 4th valve no inscriptions. Overall size: Length along bell section 682; length along valve section 524; bell 167. Sounding length: minimum 2375. Bore: at c 40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 11.2; not expanding in 100 mm from mouthpiece receiver distance to m.t.s. 344mm, m.t.s. bore 11.6 - 12.0; v.t.s. (4,3,2,1) bore 12.5 at 1188mm from bell end, 12.5; at c 533mm from bell end, 17.7; at 21.5mm from bell end, 104.7. B = 0.69. Bell cutoff = 900 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.8 - 11.4. Inscribed on bell with A.S. PARIS monogram / "SEUL / GRAND PRIX / 1867 / ADOLPHE SAX / Facteur Breveté / DE LA MON MRE DE L'EMPEREUR / 50. Rue St Georges / A PARIS / NO 34539", the `L' of `SEUL' not present; inscribed on 1st valve top cap and side "1"; on 2nd valve top cap and side "2"; on 3rd valve side only "3"; on 4th valve no inscriptions. Performance characteristics: Free-blowing with strong tone. Usable pitch: A⁴ = c 440 Hz. Purchased by lender with mouthpiece (3340). Illustration references: World Wide Web picture at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/

Notes

Arnold Myers, 1991; R. Parks, 1.3.92, 7.11.98.

Measurements

Length along bell section 682; length along valve section 524; bell 167.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3199