Tenor cor. Nominal pitch: F.E♭.

Boosey & Co

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Alternative Title

Tenor cor.

Instrument

Tenor cor

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Boosey & Co

Place Made

Europe ; United Kingdom ; London ; England

Date Made

1929

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated brass, with 3 piston valves and 1 rotary quick-change valve for F and E♭; water-keys on main tuning-slide and 3rd valve tuning-slide; loop for 4th finger; fitting for music card-holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves. Serial number: instrument 36319; valves 108215. According to the firm's archives [instruments books], the instrument was "F & Eb Bell Forwards Tenor Cor I.P. wkey with cyl, best", Model Forcor, made by Overdijk Snr in a batch of 1. Overall size: 460; bell 235. Sounding length: minimum 1835. Bore: mouthpipe at c 20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.75; m.t.s. at c 290mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 10.9; m.t.s. at c 456mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 11.7; quick change valve c 544mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore 11.7; centre of valve cluster at c 632mm from mouthpiece receiver (in F), v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.7; 917mm from bell end, c 13.6; c 557mm from bell end, 19.2. B = 0.54 (in F). Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.7 8.8. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves. Inscribed on upper side of bell "SOLBRON / (REGISTERED) / CLASS A" / trumpet & banner trademark enclosing "TRADEMARK / BOOSEY" / "BOOSEY & CO LTD / MAKERS. LONDON / 136323 / British Throughout" / "I.P." within ellipse; on side of valve casings "1", "2", "3"; on side of 2nd valve casing: trumpet & banner trademark enclosing "TRADE MARK / BOOSEY" / "108215"; on surround of quick change valve "F" and "Eb". "136323" apparently stamped in error for "136319", the latter clearly given in the firm's archives [instrument books].

Notes

R.Parks 5.4.96, 14.6.97, 16.10.99, t.s. 27.11.99; A.Myers.

Measurements

460; bell 235.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3696