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Baritone. Nominal pitch: C / B♭.

Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Single loop in main tuning-slide; with looped slide the instrument stands in B♭. The valves 1-4 lower pitch 2, 1, 3, 5 semitones respectively. Fitting for music card-holder. Valve type: 4 rotary valves. Buffers: two circumferential strips of cork mounted on hub of rotor, engaging with matching concave recesses on link arms. Repair History: Mouthpipe is a replacement by N. Perry, 1992. Centre screws on valve rotors are replacements, not fitting perfectly.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:720; bell 220.