IMAGE
Members of a brass band gathered around a grave
- Date
- [ca 1890]
- Reference
- 1/1-016834-G
- Description
Members of a brass band standing around a grave with their instruments, circa 1890. The horns and trombones have been designed with the bell pointing over the shoulder in order to control the volume. Other instruments include cymbals and drums. A horn lies at the foot of the grave. Taken by unidentified photographer.
`According to Algernon Rose (Talks with Bandsmen, 1895) trombonists' propensity for playing too loud was the reason that one conductor, about 1850, employed trombones designed with the bell pointing over the shoulder. Over-the-shoulder trombones were also used in at least one American band (the Boston Brass Band) to match the design of the other instruments, which were all over-the-shoulder horns [in 1851]'. (Stanley Sadie: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London, 1980) Vol 19, p170; see also photo Vol 13 p209.)
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Copy negative from original print. Gelatin dry plate negative.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Copy negative from original print. Gelatin dry plate negative.
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