Trombones

Higham, J. Trombone

Manchester, England
Western Europe

Silver Platted
Possibly 1880 - 1890

Engraved on bell with shield: “Improved Superior Class, Exhibition Prize Metal Awarded, London 1862 & Dublin 1865 awarded to J. Higham Maker 127 Strangeways, Manchestor England 43901"

This Higham trombone has an original leather case. In 1860, Higham founded the 1st Manchester Volunteer Battalion Band, according to "Talks with Bandsmen: A Popular Handbook for Brass Instrumentalists" (Rose [1995], 202) A Higham rotary valve cornet can be found in this collection under “Conical Bore – Cornets.”

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Catalog#: HWMC

The New Langwill Index : A Dictionary of Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors (Waterhouse 1993); The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (Sadie, ed. 1991); Eliason, Robert E. "Early American Brass Makers." Nashville: The Brass Press, 1981.; Adams, Peter H. "Antique Brass Wind Instruments." Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1998; C. G. Conn. "C. G. Conn’s Truth." Elkhardt: C. G. Conn, December, 1899; http://www.angelfire.com/music2/thecornetcompendium/index.html

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