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Helicon. Nominal pitch: E♭.

Technical description: Brass. Ligature tuning at mouthpipe; orientation adjustment by this and a second ligature fitting at right angles. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves.

  • Date:
    Post 1860, probably c1880
  • Maker:
    Potter [Family]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Aldershot/Hampshire/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.231.2
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.231.2
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:992; bell 280.