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Valved horn

Technical description: Horn of Raoux pattern with three Périnet valves mounted on distal branch of tuning-slide. Although of late manufacture, this has the design of a mid- 19th century high-pitch instrument with tuning-slide elongated to bring pitch to A₄ 440Hz. Long stem valves and valve slides for use with F crooks and longer, rather than higher pitched crooks. Metal construction: silver-plated brass with seamed gusseted bell segment; bell garland, width 22. Reinforcing strip on outside of bell curve. With crooks for A, F, E♭, B♭ basso, coupler giving semitone on F and Eb crooks to give E and D. Only the E♭ crook may be original. The A and B♭ crook are older French crooks. Valve type: Long-stem Périnet valves. Repair History: many patches.

  • Measurements:Corpus diameter 330; bell diameter 282.