The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Contrabass Slide Trombone

Contrabass Slide Trombone

Date:: 19th century
Geography:: Paris, France
Medium:: Brass, nickel-silver
Dimensions:: L. 61-1/8 in. (155.3 cm), Diam. of bell +/-7-7/16 in. (18.8 cm), Diam. of bore 0.575 in. (14.60 mm), slide: small bore 0.530 in. (13.46 mm), large bore 0.570 in. (14.48 mm); Extension 1st to 7th position 23-3/16 in. (58.9 cm)
Classification:: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated
Credit Line:: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number:: 89.4.2071

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Legion D'Honneur (in pennant)/ J.T.L. (in leaves)/ Qté Supre/ (gold medals, Paris and London)/ Jérome/Thibouville-Ly/Fr de C'Armée/Breveté/s.g.d.g./Paris/93
References

Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Europe. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1904, vol. I, pg. 185, ill.
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