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Baritone. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass, no tubing bow over valves. 3-valve 'Enharmonic' system valves: 1st and 2nd valves double with respect to 3rd. Windway leads from mouthpipe to 3rd valve, then via one of two alternative windways through 1st and 2nd valves back to the third valve, thence to bell. With water-key on main tuning-slide. Fitting for music card-holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet-type valves, bottom-sprung; alignment by key on piston. Repair History: Main tuning-slide legs extended to lower pitch from Old Philharmonic.
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Circa 1917 - Maker:
Besson & Co - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:630; bell 230.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14601