Valve trombone. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Rivière and Hawkes

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Instrument

Tenor trombone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Rivière and Hawkes

Place Made

England ; Europe ; London ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1880

Description

3 valves. Technical description: Brass; short model; cranked bell stay. With water-key. Ligature fixing at joint. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung. Overall size: 750 (tuning slide in); bell 165. Sounding length: minimum 2635. Bore: at c 40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 10.6; not expanding in 100 mm from mouthpiece receiver; distance to m.t.s. c 370mm, m.t.s. bore 12.1 (external diameter of distal leg is approximately 0.2mm greater than proximal leg due to wall thickness); v.t.s. bore 12.2; at 1318mm from bell end, c 12.2; at c 522mm from bell end, 17.2; at 24.4mm from bell end, 94.1. B = 0.69. Bell cutoff = 900 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.5 - 10.8. Inscribed on bell "1st Class / Rivière & Hawkes / 28 / Leicester Square / LONDON"; on back of bell "1326"; on valves "15", "14", "13". Usable pitch: Old Philharmonic pitch. Purchased by lender with, probably formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with mouthpiece (637).

Notes

Arnold Myers, 1990; R. Parks, 30.12.91, 7.11.98.

Measurements

750 (tuning-slide in); bell 165.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0210