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Valve trombone. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Brass; short model with wide bore. Tuning-slide at foot, between valves and bell. Water-key on bow between mouthpipe and third valve. Ligature fixing at joint. Cranked bell stay. Music card-holder fitting. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung.
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Circa 1879 - Maker:
J. Higham [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Manchester/Greater Manchester/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.2 Valve trumpets with long air column (more than 2 m)
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.2 Valve trumpets with long air column (more than 2 m)
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:745 (tuning-slide in); bell 187.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16669