Tenor trombone. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Besson & Co

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Instrument

Tenor trombone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Besson & Co

Date Made

Circa 1907

Description

Technical description: Brass; spring buffers; with water-key; plated stockings; with detachable tuning-slide extension legs for low pitch. Overall size: 1184; bell 156. Sounding length: minimum 2589; effective lengths of the two tuning slide extensions, each 53. Bore: at c 50mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 11.1; descending slide, 11.5; ascending slide, 11.6; m.t.s. bore, 12.4 13.8; at c 414mm from bell end, 16.4. B = 0.74. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.8 - 11.2. Inscribed on bell "CLASS / A / Zephyr / 50 MEDALS OF HONOUR / F B / BESSON & CO / Prototype / 198 EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / BATT / YORK REGT.", the last two lines are defaced and further letters followed `BATT'; inscribed on bell section at joint "7345"; on slide section at mouthpiece receiver "BESSON & CO / BREVETES / 7345"; on outer slide nearest mouthpiece "7345". Usable pitch: Old Philharmonic pitch; usable at A⁴ = 440 Hz with tuning-slide extension legs.

Notes

Arnold Myers, 1990; bore 1.3.98, bore 21.3.98; R. Parks, 1.2.92, 6.6.98.

Measurements

1184; bell 156.

Provenance

ex- Sandy Blair collection. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2991