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Orchestral hand horn

Technical description: 2½ coils excluding crooks; angle between axis of mouthpipe / crook receiver and axis of bell 133°; left-handed; 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 and flat stay. With 1-coil master crook (2888a) for high C, 3-coil master crook (2888b) for G, and 3-coil coupler (2888c) serving for D with master crook (2888b).

  • 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 242.