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Tenor valve trombone in B-flat

ca 1882
Not on view
Although valve trombones, particularly complicated and heavy examples such as this one with six idependent valves, did not achieve lasting popularity, Gautrot considered the instrument commercially attractive enough to produce a copy nearly indistinguishable from Sax’s original.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Tenor valve trombone in B-flat
  • Artist: Gautrot-Marquet (French, Paris 1875–1884)
  • Date: ca 1882
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Brass
  • Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-trumpet / trombone
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy and Robert Rosenbaum, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.283
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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