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Tenor trombone

Tenor trombone

(American, active 1869–1919)
about 1890
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueBrass
DimensionsLength 113 cm (44 1/2 in.)
Credit LineFoster Charitable Fund
Accession number1996.116
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsEngraved on bell: Made / by the / Boston / Musical Instrument / Manufy: / 10988
Provenance1996, sold by Mel Rosenberg, Brass Buff Antiques, Newton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 1996)
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