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Baritone. 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 water-key on main tuning-slide; fitting for music card-holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet-type valves, bottom-sprung; alignment by key on piston.

  • Date:
    Circa1920
  • Maker:
    Besson & Co
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:630; bell 230.