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Orchestral hand horn

Technical description: 2½ coils excluding crooks; angle between axis of mouthpipe / crook receiver and axis of bell 139°; yellow brass. Metal construction: ovelapping joint between proximal and bell segments; bell longitudinally seamed with single gusset; plain garland, width 30. Terminally crooked; crook receiver reinforced with ferrule. Master crook (2887a) with three coils, diameter 145, sounding in G; the longer master crook of twin master crooks and multiple coupler set. Repair History: Dented bell segment and broken stay repaired, 1991.

  • Date:
    Late 18th Century
  • Maker:
    Unknown
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Probably England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22-4
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22-4
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:perpendicular to bell 408; corpus diameter 285; bell diameter 240.