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Fog horn.

Technical description: Brass conical tube, with horn section of length 295,external diameter at proximal end of horn section 14, diameter at distal end 62. Reed housing of length 105 of two conical sections joined at wide ends by screw-threaded ferrule. Rolled brass construction with soldered joints.Single brass beating reed. There is evidence of soldered connection to bulb or tubing.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.121 Individual beating reeds
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:400 (in present state).