Pollter Tenor Valve Trombone
date: label: Date made
content: late 1890s
name: label: user
content: Williams, Edward A.
label: referenced
content: Sousa, John Philip
label: maker
content: Otto Pollter & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This trombone was made by Otto Pollter in Leipzig, Germany, late 1890s. It is a tenor valve trombone made of brass and German silver. There are Decorative snakes on the end of slide. This trombone is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>O. Pollter & Co.<br>Leipzig</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This trombone was previously owned and used by trombonist Edward A. Williams, who purchased this trombone in Leipzig in 1900. Williams was a member the Sousa Band, 1892-1917.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Leipzig
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Catherine W. and Jerome E. Henderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0273.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0273
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0273.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trombone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: bell: 24 5/16 in x 10 7/8 in x 8 7/8 in; 61.75375 cm x 27.6225 cm x 22.5425 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 3 1/2 in x 1 9/16 in; 8.89 cm x 3.96875 cm
label: Measurements
content: slide: 37 1/2 in x 5 5/16 in x 7/8 in; 95.25 cm x 13.49375 cm x 2.2225 cm