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Natural trumpet. Nominal pitch: D etc.

Technical description: Brass, single coil; joints solid (probably soldered); wooden spacing block, bound in place with cord (red and white, with one tassel); plain ball without groove; rings on insides of both bows; distal bow wired to bell. Longitudinal bell seam soldered oblique dog-tooth, with teeth c4mm.Bell wall thicknesses:-Axial location - Nearest Halfway Below garland to ball ball ferruleDistance from bell 25 135 257Circumferential location relative to seam -close Ê Ê ?90° .34 .34 .36Opposite .39 .37 .3890° .33 .35 .36 [mean .353 .353 .367mean of nine measurements, .358. Repair History: Wooden spacing block a replacement; soldered joints at ferrules probably originally loose.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22-4
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:714; bell 123.