Tenor Slide Trombone
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trombone was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a B-flat tenor slide trombone, improved model, made of brass. This trombone has an engraved medallion:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>J.<br>H. [lyre] F.<br>NY&C</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Brass instruments bearing the medallion of J. Howard Foote were likely made for him by the firm of John Stratton or other factories in New York City.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a tenor trombone (#5138), for $12.00.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055603
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55603
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trombone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bell: 6 7/8 in x 9 in x 23 1/2 in; 17.4625 cm x 22.86 cm x 59.69 cm
label: Measurements
content: slide: 5/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 34 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 12.3825 cm x 86.995 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 1 7/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 3.65125 cm x 9.525 cm