Trombone

Pierre Colbert, 1593

In former times the trombone was used for music in the church, in processions and in small settings. With its mellow sound, this instrument was especially used as a bass to support higher woodwinds, such as the two cornettos shown here on the same shelf. As with bowed instruments and the human voice, the trombone can produce a true glissando (sliding from one pitch to another).

  • Artwork typewind instrument, musical instrument, trombone, bass trombone
  • Object numberBK-AM-61
  • Dimensionslength 132 cm x width 16 cm x height 17 cm
  • Physical characteristicsmessing

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Bass trombone
    • Trombone

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-AM-61

  • Description

    Bass trombone van messing met één winding. Aan de dwarsverbinding van de schuif een greep voor de rechterhand. Rondom de beker is een krans gelegd, waarin tussen geometrische motieven is gegraveerd 'Pierre Colbert m'a faict a Reims 1593'. Stemming: G.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘Pierre Colbert m'a faict a Reims 1593’

Creation

  • Creation

    musical instrument maker: Pierre Colbert, Reims

  • Dating

    1593

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    messing

  • Dimensions

    length 132 cm x width 16 cm x height 17 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Wolfgang Köhler, 'Die Blasinstrumente aus der Harmonie universelle des Marin Mersenne: Übersetzung und Kommentar des 'Livre cinquiesme des instruments à vent' aus dem Traité des instruments', Celle: Hermann Moeck, 1986, p. 293
    • Anthony Cuthbert Baines; Renato Meucci, 'Gli ottoni', Torino: EDT, 1991, p. 89, 93, 96 afb. V/3
    • Hannes Vereecke, 'The Sixteenth-Century Trombone: Dimensions, Materials and Techniques', Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2016, p. 106
    • Anthony Cuthbert Baines, 'Brass instruments: their history and development', London: Faber & Faber, 1980, p. 111, 113, 116, pl. V/3
    • Jeremy Montagu, 'The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments', Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1976, p. 105, afb. 77
    • Trevort Herbert, 'The Trombone', New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2006, p. 28, 65
    • 'Guide to the loan collection and list of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, paintings, and engravings exhibited in the gallery and lower rooms of the Albert Hall', London: W. Clowes and sons, 1885, p. 51
    • George B. Lane, 'The trombone in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance', Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1982, p. 81, 84 met afb.
    • Giovanni Paolo di Stefano, 'Music Parade: a new display at the Rijksmuseum', CIMCIM Bulletin (Apr., 2020), p. 30-33: 32-33
    • L.G. Langwill, 'Musikinstrumenten-Sammlung des Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ausgestellt im Gemeente Museum, Den Haag 9. Oktober - 24. November 1952', Glareana: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde alter Musikinstrumente 2, nr. 2 (1953), p. 1-3: 3

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