EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Late 19th century brasswind instruments
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Tenor trombone in Bb
Leipzig, Germany, c 1910
This is the typical wide-bore trombone with a very wide bell
introduced by the Leipzig maker Sattler c 1840. Wagner was the first
major composer to exploit this new model. Sattler was succeeded by
Penzel, who was in turn succeeded by Schopper.
The mouthpiece in these recordings is (1696) Mouthpiece for tenor
trombone (Probably Austria, early 20th century)
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Pictures
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Talk by the player
Hear Sue Addison talk
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The sound of the trombone
See and hear Sue Addison play
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History
- Maker: Robert Schopper.
- Place: Leipzig.
- Date of making: circa 1910.
- Serial number: 14580.
Current ownership: On loan to the Collection.
EUCHMI Acquisition number: (3207)
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Technical details
- English name: Tenor trombone.
- Nominal pitch: Bb.
- Overall size: 1217; bell 232.
- Sounding length: minimum 2734.
- Bore: at c 32mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 12.4;
expanding by 100mm from mouthpiece receiver to bore c 12.9;
descending slide up to 65mm from distal end, 13.1 then step to 13.5 for
remainder; ascending slide, 13.5; 40mm from end of tenon at joint, 13.4;
at end of tenon at joint, 13.1; c 564mm from bell end, 18.8; 36.0mm
from bell end, 109.0.
- Diameter of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 13.5 - 12.7.
Technical description: Brass; german silver stays, ferrules and
garland; garland 74mm wide. No tuning-slide; sprung main slide buffers.
Inscriptions: Inscribed on bell garland: crown / "R. SCHOPPER /
Hoflieferant / Leipzig"; on mouthpiece receiver ferrule
"14580".
Decorative features: Snake embellishments on main bow and on slide bow;
combing on stays and ferrules; embossed shells on inner edge of garland.
Repair history: The ascending inner slide may be a replacement.
Usable pitch: Plays at A4 = 437-439 Hz.
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References to this instrument in publications
MYERS, A., 1997. The Horn function and brass instrument character.
In CARTER, S. ed., Perspectives in Brass Scholarship:
Proceedings of the International Brass Symposium, Amherst, 1995.
New York: Pendragon, 1997, pp.242-243
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