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Natural trumpet. Nominal pitch: D.
Technical description: Brass, single coil; loosely assembled and bound together by cord, with a wooden spacing block; plain ball without groove; rings on insides of both bows; distal bow not wired to bell. When assembled, the distal end of the first yard is inserted 29mm into the first bow ferrule; the distal end of the first bow is inserted 27mm into the second yard ferrule; the distal end of the second yard is inserted 23.5mm into the second bow ferrule. The second bow is inserted and apparently soldered into a ferrule attached to the bell section.Bell wall thicknesses:-Axial location - Nearest Halfway Below garland to ball ball ferruleDistance from bell 25 135 225Circumferential location relative to seam -close .28 .30 .3890° .31 .28 .42Opposite .30 .34 .4090° .32 .32 .35close .23 .33 .34 [mean .29 .31 .38] Repair History: Mouthpipe yard of modern tubing, not hand made, and longer than the original. Garland has been put back on covering wire holes.
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1794 - Maker:
Huschauer - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Vienna/Austria - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22-4
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22-4
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:699; bell 120.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16461