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Bombardon. Nominal pitch: E♭.
Technical description: Brass. 3 valves. Tall narrow wrap with ungusseted small bell.1st valve: tone.2nd valve: semitone.3rd valve: major 3rd (doigté ministériel tuning). Valve type: 3 Périnet valves. Repair History: Valve top caps, touchpieces and springs replacements 1970-1. Surface protection conservation treatment carried out by Helen Moody, 1988-9.
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1855-1865 - Maker:
Possibly Antoine Courtois - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:870; bell 264.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15853