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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1appears in the scores of many German composers, who have written the trombone parts with special consideration for this instrument. In this trombone, which was designed by Mr. Case, the tuning slide is placed at the lower end of the main slides, instead of at the bend in the bell, as is usual. There is therefore no interference with the tapered or conical portion of the instrument, the bad effect of which interference is especially noticeable on ordinary trombones when the tuning slide is drawn to flatten the pitch. On a trombone constructed upon Mr. Case's system the pitch may be lowered from the present English pitch to the French Diapason Normal, without detriment to intonation and freedom, a great advantage to an orchestral player.
3Lent by George Case, Esq.
5376.
7SLIDE TROMBONE (Tenor), in B♭. By Boosey and Co. In this instrument, as should always be the case, the taper of the bell is carried right through the tuning slides; so that although the exterior of these slides is cylindrical, the interior is conical, as required to give the best results in intonation and freedom.
9Lent by Messrs. Boosey and Co.
11377.
13TROMBONE SLIDE. Invented by Mr. George Case, and so constructed that, of the movable tubing, one leg telescopes outside, and the other inside, the fixed tubing. Made by Messrs. Boosey and Co. This slide is that of a trombone considered as a scientific instrument, that is, in the same way that a monochord is used to determine the harmonics of a string, so this slide is capable of giving, with of course the addition of a bell, a perfect system of tube harmonics. This has been effected by constructing the slide on the telescopic principle, with the great advantage, that the further the slide is extended, so at the same time a corresponding length of wide tubing is added at the end nearest to the bell, where it is most necessary.
15Lent by George Case, Esq.
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