Showing results
Hide images
Cavalry trumpet. Nominal pitch: G-F.
Technical description: Brass; two coils; spun bell; wired bell rim. With tuning-slide at first near bow which can lower pitch by up to one tone; slide draws towards player; length of tuning-slide pull is 135 allowing extension of air column length by nearly 270mm. Two rings for cord.
- Date:
Circa 1950 - Maker:
Rexcraft - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
Loading... - Place of production:
United States of America - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Culture:
- Period:
- Materials:
- Specific materials/techniques:
- Decorative elements:
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:380 (mouthpiece receiver to bell); bell 113.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16816