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Double horn. Nominal pitch: (F+B♭) and (F+A).
Technical description: Full double, stands in F, 4th valve gives B?. Yellow brass. Windway (in F) runs: mouthpipe - m.t.s. - 4 - F side auxiliary t.s. - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - bell; windway (in B?) runs: mouthpipe - m.t.s. - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - B? side auxiliary t.s. - 4 - bell. With alternative B? side auxiliary tuning-slide having a quick change valve for A, silver-plated. Valve type: 4 rotary valves, the 4th valve with six ports in one plane.Technical description: Full double, stands in F, 4th valve gives B♭. Yellow brass. Windway (in F) runs: mouthpipe - m.t.s. - 4 - F side auxiliary t.s. - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - bell; windway (in B♭) runs: mouthpipe - m.t.s. - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - B♭ side auxiliary t.s. - 4 - bell. With alternative B♭ side auxiliary tuning-slide having a quick change valve for A, silver-plated. Valve type: 4 rotary valves, the 4th valve with six ports in one plane.
- Date:
First half of 20th century - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Mainz/Rhineland/Germany - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.12 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m)
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.12 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m)
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:435 perpendicular to bell; corpus diameter 326; bell diameter 311.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15417