"Tenor trombone, nominal pitch: B♭"

Tenor trombone, nominal pitch: B♭ | Huschauer | 1794

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The trombone of 1794 is much closer to the trombone of 1594 than to that of the 1990s. The bell is slightly more flared, but the tube diameters are much the same as those of the sackbut by Anton Schnitzer dated 1594 also on display. This is the typical trombone of Viennese music in the time of Mozart such as his Requiem. Lent by A. Myers.

Tenor trombone

Instrument Data

Instrument Information

Title

Tenor trombone, nominal pitch: B♭

Accession Number

3205

Collection

MIMEd

Date Information

Date Made

1794

Period

18th century; 1790s

Gallery Information

Gallery

Wolfson Gallery

Case

Brasswind case 4

Maker Information

Maker Name

Huschauer

Maker Biography

The Huschauer firm was comprised of Joseph Huschauer I, and his son Joseph Huschauer II. Joseph I (b1723) was a brass instrument maker who produced horns with added valves. His son, Joseph II (1848-1805) made brass instruments like his father, but worked instead with the Starzer firm, which he took over in February 1791 following the death of Starzer, with whom he had worked with for over 20 years. Upon Joseph II’s death in 1805, his widow took over the business and ran the firm until her retirement in 1815. The business then fell into the hands of the horn and trumpet maker’s guild.

Made In

City

Vienna

Country

Austria

Description

Technical Description

Technical description: Brass; semicircular bow shapes; flat bell stay, pinned at bell pipe end, soldered at joint end; fixed tubular slide stays; no tuning-slide; no stockings; garland width 33mm. When assembled, the tapered tenon of the slide section is inserted 18mm into the tapered socket of the bell section. Overall size: 1155; bell 117. Sounding length: minimum c 2695. Bore: at c 50mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 10.8; descending slide, 10.8; ascending slide, 10.8; at c 398mm from bell end, 15.3; at 13.0mm from bell end, 94.2. B = 0.81. Bell cutoff = 800 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.9 - 11.1. Decorative features: Embellished garland and engraved bell stay; simple turnings on ferrules. Signature marks: Inscribed on bell garland "IOSEPH HUSCHAUER / 17 IN WIENN 94". Usable pitch: A⁴ = c 440 Hz. Repair History: Replacement pin to bell stay; one sleeve patch on slide bow; one sleeve patch on outer slide. Purchased by lender with mouthpiece (3206). Illustration references: Workshop drawing by R. Parks published by the Collection, 1994; World Wide Web picture at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ Technical drawing available from the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall. Please see http://www.stceciliasfriends.org.uk/

Provenance

Ex- Willi Burger collection.; on loan to the Collection.

Classification