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Keyed trumpet. Nominal pitch: E♭.

Technical description: Brass; two coils; wired bell rim. Ligature tuning at mouthpipe. 6 keys, all placed for right hand, 3 parallel with tube, 3 on bridges.Bell wall thicknesses:-Axial location - Nearest Above Below bell rim card holder last key fittingDistance from bell 5 105 225Circumferential location relative to seam -close .30 .32 --90° .29 .31 .28Opposite .29 .37 .3090° .30 .37 .36close .32 .38 .32 [mean .30 .35 .32] Keymount type: saddle. Keyhead type: cup. Repair History: Key nearest bell a replacement. 2 patches on body of tube.

  • Date:
    Circa 1835
  • Maker:
    Müller, Louis
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Lyons/Kansas/United States of America
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.211-71-4
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.211-71-4
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:428; bell 130.