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This is a US Civil War
vintage Over The Shouder (OTS) Valve Trombone
with side-action rotary valves (SARV) employing mechanical
linkage. OTS horns were
used in Union and Confederate Bands and were configured so that the
music
would waft backwards towards the marching troops - with the band in the
lead. The OTS configuration fell out of favor after
the
war as someone finally figured out that the troops would march to the
drums
anyway - and that the music was better heard by the admiring crowds
with
bell-front configurations. See the OTS
Trumpet on my wish list for a picture of a whole range of OTS
instruments.
This horn was made by B.
Cazzani & Co of Milano Italy- and was likely
imported near the end of the war by T. Pirone, New York. The bell is
inscribed "Premiato Stabile" and " Esportazione Mondaile" and has
a logo containing words "Ditte Riunite" The horn plays easily and
clearly
and the valve action is fast and accurate.
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