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Keyed trumpet. Nominal pitch: E♭.

Technical description: Brass; two-coil; key nearer bell open-standing, other closed-standing; key further from bell and box-like bridge or finger-rest mounted on conical bell yard ferrule. Bit of brass; crook of brass with german silver or plated mouthpiece receiver ferrule, tubes too closely spaced for good fit to instrument. R0: Keymount type: brass saddles, spring acting in channels. Keyhead type: flat, round. Repair History: Crook a replacement.

  • Date:
    Circa 1830
  • Maker:
    Alexander, J
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    London/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.211-71-4
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.211-71-4
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:379; bell 114.