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Post-horn. Nominal pitch: 4½-ft B♭.

Technical description: Brass with reinforcing strips over much of length. Straight, one-piece; no tuning facility.

  • Date:
    1890
  • Maker:
    Boosey & Co [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    London/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.12
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.12
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1320 (excluding any mouthpiece); bell 96.