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E269 Valve Trombone, Tenor in B-flat
Valve Trombone, Tenor in B-flat, Fratelli A. M. Bottali, Milan (late 19th century).
Identifying mark(s):
“(Trade mark) / PRIMARIA / PREMIATA FABBRICA / FLLI A. M. BOTTALI / MILANO / (ITALIA) / (star) / (in cartouche: MARCA / FERDO ROTH)” is on the bell.
Description:
There are 3 mechanical rotary valves, side action, with round, mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
Materials:
Brass.
Notes:
There is doubt as to whether the tuning slide is original or that the entry tube with the valve assembly belongs to the bell. The strut-plates and the ornaments on the struts are shaped alike, and perhaps both parts are Bottali parts, but the tube exiting from the valves does not fit the end of the bell tube. Doubting the singularity of the instrument, the length measurement might not be significant.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: 254.6 cm.
Bore at the beginning of tuning slide: 1.25 cm.
Bore at valve-slide 3: 1.3 cm.
Bore at the end of the exit tube: 1.1 cm.
Bell Diameter: 17.5 cm.
Former inventory #: Trombone 4
E268 Slide Trombone, Tenor in B-flat
Slide Trombone, Tenor in B-flat, S.R. Leland, Worcester, Mass (1834-37)
Identifying mark(s):
“NEW IDEAL / S.R.LELAND / WORCESTER / MASS” is engraved on the bell within a garland.
Materials:
Brass.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: 253.8 cm.
Bore at the beginning of the tuning slide: 1.45 cm.
Bore at the end of the tuning slide: 1.5 cm.
Bell diameter: 22.8 cm.
Former inventory #: Trombone 6
E267 Slide Trombone, Tenor in B-flat
Trombone, Mathias Gray Co., Boston (c. 1900).
Identifying mark(s):
“Made / by the / BOSTON / Musical Instrument / Manuf’y / 10323 / MATHIAS GRAY Co. / Agents/ San Francisco Cal” is engraved on the bell.
Materials:
Brass
Measurements:
Total length of tube: c. 269.1 cm.
Bore at the beginning of the tuning slide: 1.15 cm.
Bore at the end of the tuning slide: 1.5 cm.
Bell diameter: 17.2cm
Former inventory #: Trombone 5
E266 Slide Trombone, Tenor in B-flat
Trombone, Prentiss, Boston (1834-37).
Identifying mark(s):
“PRENTISS / BOSTON” is stamped on the bell garland.
Description:
The strut between bell tube and tube exiting from the slide is unusually wide (2.2 cm). An oddly-shaped lyre holder is soldered to the bell behind the bell garland, formed like an elongated S – the bell end consisting of two prongs, between which the lyre would be inserted.
Materials:
Brass.
Notes:
This is an early trombone, with a bell garland and a bell only slightly flared.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: 311.4 cm.
Bore at beginning of tuning slide: 1.3 cm.
Bore at end of tuning slide: 1.4 cm.
Bell diameter: 16.3 cm.
Associated Mouthpiece:
This silver, cup-shaped mouthpiece is certainly not original. Length: 7.6 cm.
Rim width: 0.6 cm.
Inner cup diameter: 4.0 cm.
Depth of cup: c. 2.3 cm.
Bore at end: 1.0 cm.
Former inventory #: Trombone 3
E265 Slide Trumpet in E-flat
Trumpet, Hawkes & Son, London (early 20th century).
Identifying mark(s):
“1ST / CLASS (caps and sm. caps) / HAWKES & SON / Denman Street / Piccadilly Circus / LONDON” (“Denman Street / Piccadilly Circus” in script) is engraved on the bell. The serial number, 14573 is found on the bottom of bell.
Description:
The trumpet consists of a tube that goes around two 180º bends before the slide. The tuning slide is at bend 3. At each end of the tuning slide are screws, the function of which is not known. An adjustable clamp ferrule is at the finger-piece on the slide, set now for a slide length of 8.0 cm., with a maximum setting of 12.6 cm.
Materials:
brass
Notes:
The main tube has an engraved sleeve, and an engraved triple knob on the bell tube serves also as a strut.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: 145.9 cm.
Bore diameter: 1.1 cm. at entry tube
Bell diameter: 11.8cm
Associated Mouthpiece:
The mouthpiece has a long shank and a small cup. A ferrule with knobs on either side is on the shank, 5.0 cm from the cup.
Length: 12.8 cm.
Rim width: 0.3 cm.
Inner diameter of cup: 1.8 cm.
Depth of cup: c. 1.3 cm.
Bore at end: 1.0 cm.
Former inventory #: Slide Trumpet 1
E264 Trumpet in B-flat with an A tube
Trumpet, The Vega Company, Boston(c. 1920).
Identifying mark(s):
“THE / Buescher / ELKHART / IND” is engraved on the bell. “TRUETONE / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED / PAT. OCT. 29, 07 / 141882 / LP / R / 10-22” and the serial number 141882 are engraved on the back of the 2nd valve.
Description:
There are 3 Périnet valves at right of bell tube. There is a tuning slide at the first bend; a circular A-tube, controlled by a rotary valve between the first bend and the 3rd valve; a water key at the first bend; and the 1st valve slide is controlled by a threaded rod.
Materials:
Brass, silver plate, gold ornamentation.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: c. 127.5 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm. at tuning slide.
Bell Diameter: 11.5 cm.
Associated Mouthpiece:
“THE VEGA CO. / 155 COLUMBUS AVE., BOSTON / D1” is inscribed on the mouthpiece.
Former inventory #: Valve Trumpet 2.
E263 Trumpet in B-flat with A slide
Trumpet, The Vega Company, Boston(1922).
Identifying mark(s):
“CHAS. E. GEORGE / MODEL / (Trade mark) / VEGA / STANDARD / Made by / THE VEGA COMPANY / 755. Columbus Ave / BOSTON” is engraved on the bell. “PAT. JULY 1910 / STANDARD / (in star) VEGA / BOSTON” “UNION / (in shield) [illegible] / LABEL” and the serial number 20367 are engraved on the back of the second valve.
Description:
There are 3 Périnet valves at right of bell tube. There is a tuning slide on first bend; an A-slide inside the tuning slide, which is closed with a knurled closing nut; a water key on the first bend; and a left hand finger ring in the screw-closing mount on the 3rd valve slide.
Materials:
brass
Measurements:
Total length of tube: c. 131.5 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm. at tuning slide
Bell Diameter: 11.65 cm.
Former inventory #: Valve Trumpet 1
E262 Trumpet in B-flat, with an A slide.
Trumpet, Chas E. George, Boston (after 1910).
Identifying mark(s):
”The / Georgian / Made by / CHAS. E. GEORGE / BOSTON” is engraved on the bell. “PAT. JULY. 1910” and the serial number: 14266, are engraved on the back of the second valve.
Description:
There are 3 Périnet valves at right of bell tube. There is a tuning slide at first bend with a hexagonal closing nut, a water key on the first bend, and a left hand, finger ring in the screw-closing mount on the 3rd valve slide.
Materials:
silver plate
Notes:
It is uncertain as to whether Charles E. George made this instrument.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: c. 125.5 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm. at 2nd and 3rd valve slides.
Bell Diameter: 11.9 cm.
Associated Mouthpiece:
“FRANK HOLTON & CO. HEIM MODEL / 2” is inscribed on the mouthpiece.
Former inventory #: Valve Trumpet 3
E261 Trumpet in B-flat with an A slide
Trumpet, Boston Musical Instrument Company, Boston (1913-19).
Identifying mark(s):
“Made / by the / Boston / Musical Instrument / Company” is engraved on the bell. The serial number, 25556, is found on the back of the 2nd valve.
Description:
There are 3 Périnet valves with mother-of-pearl buttons, located at the right of the bell tube. There is a right hand finger rest on the mouthpiece tube, a tuning slide with a knurled collar at first bend, and a water key at the bottom of first bend. The tube enters the 3rd valve. There is a lyre holder on the 3rd valve tube and a valve exit from the 1st valve.
Materials:
Silver plate, gold
Notes:
There is decorative engraving all over the instrument, including a scene of a building, trees, and a field on the bell below the inscription.
Measurements:
Total length of tube: c. 133 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm. at the 3rd valve slide.
Bell diameter: 11.5 cm.
Associated mouthpiece:
“THE VEGA COMPANY / 155 COLUMBUS AVE. BOSTON” is engraved on the front of the mouthpiece and “GEORGE MODEL / 2” on the back.
Former inventory #: Valve Trumpet 4.
E260 Trumpet in B-flat
Trumpet, Vega Co, Boston (between 1910 and 1920).
Identifying mark(s):
“(in star) VEGA / Made / by the / Standard / Band Inst. Co. / 62 Sudbury St. / BOSTON” is engraved on the bell.
“STANDARD / (in star) VEGA / BOSTON / 4903 / PAT. JULY 1910 / UNION / (in shield) MPBPB / & SWU / LABEL” is engraved on the back of the 2nd valve.
Description:
There are 3 Périnet valves on the right of the bell tube, an A-slide at the first bend, a tuning slide at the second bend, and 2 water keys at the first and third bends (the latter is mounted on the 3rd valve slide).
Materials:
silver plate
Notes:
There is an odd curve in the tube at the third bend to enter the 3rd valve.
Measurements:
Total length: measurement not possible due to broken mouthpiece tube
Bore: 1.15 cm. at 3rd valve slide.
Thickness: 0.5 mm at the bell
Former inventory #: Valve Trumpet 5.