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Vienna horn
Technical description: A Germanised version of the Uhlmann Viennese design of the 3 double-piston valve horn, in which tuning-slide points vertically downwards in playing position rather than horizontally as here. Yellow brass body and valves; german silver valve touches, spring casing, ferrules, stay plates and garland (width 40). Metal construction: spun bell (depth 75) seamed onto bell taper; tubing seamed. With French pattern A crook. Valve type: 3 Wiener Pumpen double piston valves. Repair History: Crook not original.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Rott, A.H. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Prague, Bohemia - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.12-4 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m) and with crooks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.12-4 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m) and with crooks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:Corpus diameter 280; bell diameter 298.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17849