Tenor trombone

Anton Schnitzer II

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Instrument

Sackbut/Tenor trombone/Trombones/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Tenor trombone

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Anton Schnitzer II

Place Made

Nuremberg ; Europe ; Germany ; Central Europe

Date Made

1594

Description

Technical description: Brass. Flat bell stay loosely pinned at bell pipe end. Tubular slide stays; stay of outer loosely fixed at both ends and itself telescopic. String ring at bell bow. Weight of bell section 313.5g, of inner slide 273g, of outer slide 334.5g. When assembled, the tapered tenon of the slide section is inserted 32.5mm into the tapered socket of the bell section. Overall size: 1080; bell section alone 490; bell diameter 102 to 105. Sounding length: Total length of air column c 2583 with slide in and without mouthpiece; slide length 628 allowing increase in air column length of nearly 1256mm. Bore; at c 40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 8.9; expanding by 100mm from mouthpiece receiver to bore c 9.4; descending slide, 9.6; ascending slide, 9.8; joint, 9.8; c 503mm from bell end, 13.6. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.2 - 11.3. Inscribed on bell garland "MACHT ANTONI SCHNITZE MDLXXXXIII". Also stamped on bell "BOHLAND & FUCHS / GRASLITZ / 9". Decorative features: bell stay engraved. Bell section ferrules with foliage design. Slide section ferrules decorated with turned incisions. Usable pitch: With mouthpiece (2696) plays in B♭ nearly 100 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz; with modern sackbut mouthpiece plays at c 80 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz (A⁴ = 460 Hz); or in A at c 180 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz. Repair History: Sleeved under tear in mouthpipe, 333-367 from mouthpiece receiver end. The slide section is possibly later. The instrument was restored by Gottfried Büchel, Bonn, c.1984 New mouthpiece (2696) made for this instrument c 1984. With modern trombone case. Specific literature references: Myers 1997, pp.249 250. Illustration references: Vol 1. p.144; workshop drawing by R. Parks published by the Collection, 1994; Galpin Society Journal Vol. 39, 1986, p.145; Musical Instruments [multimedia]; Dorling Kindersley (Microsoft), 1993; Campbell et al. 2004, p.190 Figure 6.5b with mouthpiece (2696). Specific recording references: Musical Instruments [multimedia], Dorling Kindersley (Microsoft), 1993. Technical drawing available from the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall. Please see http://www.stceciliasfriends.org.uk/