Valve trombone. Nominal pitch: C.

Antoine Courtois

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Instrument

Tenor trombone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Antoine Courtois

Place Made

France ; Europe ; Paris ; Western Europe

Date Made

1872-1878

Description

3 valves. Technical description: Brass; short model; ligature fitting at joint; saddle-mounted water-key. Tuning-slide length 117, allowing increase in air column length of nearly 234mm. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves; screw guides, bottom sprung. Overall size: 905; bell 166. Sounding length: minimum 2284. Bore: at c 25mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 10.8; not expanding in 100mm from mouthpiece receiver; distance to m.t.s. c 350mm., m.t.s. bore 12.1 - 12.7; all three v.t.s. 12.7; 1142mm from bell end, c 13.1; c 461mm from bell end, 18.5; 24.0mm from bell end, 95.0. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.8-11.1. Inscribed on bell "MEDAILLE / 1... CLASSE / EXPOSITION / UNIVERSELLE / 1855 / Médaille / LONDRES 1862 / Exposition Universelle / PARIS 1867 / Médaille d'Honneur / EN ARGENT / ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL / 88, rue Des Marais St. Martin / Paris / 1ER PRIX / GRANDE MÉDAILLE D'OR / EXPOSITION DE MOSCOU / 1872 / S. ARTHUR CHAPPELL / Sole Agent / 52 New Bond Street / London"; Stamped inside 3rd valve top cap "2252". Decorative features: Embellished ferrules and stay mounts on bell section. Usable pitch: Old Philharmonic pitch; tuning-slide allows use at A⁴ = 439 Hz.

Notes

Arnold Myers, 1990; R. Parks, 8.2.92.

Measurements

905; bell 166.

Provenance

ex - T.K. Dibley collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2979

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