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Cornet. Nominal pitch: B♭.A.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Fixed valve loops with no tuning-slides; alternative main tuning-slides; the moving part of the main tuning-slides have the proximal outer leg and the distal inner leg. With music card-holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, top sprung with compression spring inside hollow stem; alignment by two equal tabs on spring plate and matching slots in casing bore (so 180 degree misalignment is possible!). 1 rotary quick-change valve.
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Circa 1920 - Maker:
Couturier, Ernst Albert [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Laporte/Indiana/United States of America - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:495; bell 114.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15464