423.22

Trombone, an adaptation stated by Carse to consist of the bell of an alto trombone with added trumpet tubing. The trumpet tubing bears evidence of having been made by the same hand or workshop as 14.5.47/244. Now consisting of four bows, the looping being half the length of the bell branch. Bell garland decorated with stylised flowers and foliage. A hinged engraved plate serves as a stay between the bell branch and middle branch. Lacks mouthpiece. Stamped: Johann Carl Kodisch Nürnberg (engraved, with date 1694 and representation of a prancing horse, on bell garland).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
14.5.47/294
Date
1694
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
part: 580 x 115 x 225 mm; part: 910 x 25 x 115 mm; part: 197 x 20 x 105 mm; part: 80 x 15 x 90 mm; overall: 235 x 260 x 1165 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
metal
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
LOCATION
In storage
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