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Stage 'trumpet'. Nominal pitch: 4¼-ft B♮.

Technical description: Brass, straight, 1 valve. The bore profile closer to that of a flügelhorn than to that of a trumpet. Ligature tuning at mouthpipe shank and liagture joint between valve and bell sections; the tenon of this joint has a short stocking. Bell bore profile without wide flare (i.e. like a sackbut). Valve type: 1 Berlin valve, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston.

  • Date:
    1878-1885
  • Maker:
    Sax, Adolphe [Person]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Paris/France
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1205; bell 82.