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Tenor trombone (buccin)
Jean Baptiste Tabard (1779–1845)
about 1830
Object Place: Lyon, France
Medium/Technique
Brass
Dimensions
Length 110 cm (43 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2012
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionTenor trombone in B-flat (high pitch). Brass. Dual bore type. No tuning slide. The instrument is constructed like an ordinary slide trombone, but the bell branch is conoidal for a greater length and bent in a semi-circle. Instead of a regular bell there is a head of a dragon with wide- open jaws: the jaws, the forked tongue, and the mouth cavity were orginally painted bright red; the head was a bright olive-green, much gilded. Silverplated cup mouthpiece. German silver stockings on the inner slides.
InscriptionsStamped on bell: TABARD / A LYON
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)