622 - Slide Trombone with F Attachment in its Case, in Need of Restoration

Slide Trombone with F Attachment in its Case, in Need of Restoration Brass, nickel silver, wood. Slide trombone with a wide bell and one rotary valve at the bow, the slide with nickel silver outer tubes and cross stays. Without mouthpiece. The matching case with a wood-grain printed paper covering and a leather handle. In need of restoration: the instrument dented, rubbed and scratched, the cross stay of the outer slide at the bow broken, the case heavily worn and covered with adhesive tape. L. 115 cm The slide trombone produces its pitches by means of the extending slide and is thus the only brass instrument with a continuous change of pitch. The additional rotary valve, customary as an F attachment, brings in a further length of tubing and opens up the low register; it became established in Germany in the 19th c.