Tenor trombone. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Buescher

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Instrument

Tenor trombone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Buescher

Place Made

United States of America ; North America ; Elkhart

Date Made

Circa 1950

Description

Technical description: Silver-plated brass; plated inner slides. Screw tuning at top of main slide; no tuning-slide in bell section. Repair History: Patched where upper slide stay worn through and outer slide worn through in one place; new ligature screw supplied, J. & R. Glen, 24.1.75 - 12.2.75. Overall size: 1158; bell 178. Bore: at c 30mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 10.6; expanding by 100mm from mouthpiece receiver to bore c 11.1; descending slide, 12.3; ascending slide, 12.8. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.8 - 11.1. Inscribed on bell "THE / BUESCHER / ELKHART / -IND- / USA"; on slide section at joint (lettering very worn) "240986 / LP / 410 / PAT.OCT 29.07"; on bell section at joint "410". Decorative features: Foliage engraving on bell. Usable pitch: A⁴ = 439-440 Hz.

Notes

Arnold Myers, 1990; R. Parks, 8.2.92, 3.10.98.

Measurements

1158; bell 178.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0806