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Cornet. Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. 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 detachable music card-holder fitting. Valve type: 3 Périnet-type valves, bottom-sprung; alignment by key on pistons.
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Circa 1908 - Maker:
Besson & Co - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:317; bell 118.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16953