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Orchestral horn
Technical description: Orchestral horn with three Périnet valves mounted on distal arm of tuning-slide, which has been lengthened to bring instrument to low pitch. Shield-shaped bell stay plate is of late pattern. Metal construction: yellow brass; seamed bell segment with single gusset; bell garland, width 30; seamed intermediate segment, seamless mouthpipe, presumably a replacement. With French pattern F crook. Valve type: Périnet valves by Hawkes and Son, London, with long stems because valves are mounted on tuning-slide. Repair History: Stays probably replacement and coeval with valves. Bell patched.
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1857-1871 - Maker:
Labbaye, J.C. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.12-4 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m) and with crooks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.12-4 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m) and with crooks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:Corpus diameter 320; bell diameter 278.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14987