Tenor Valved Trombone
date: label: date made
content: 1978 - 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 with 3 Sax piston valves. 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 (#5142), for $17.00.</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.055604
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55604
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trombone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bell: 8 5/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 23 3/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 26.9875 cm x 59.3725 cm
label: Measurements
content: slide: 2 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 23 7/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 13.97 cm x 60.6425 cm