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Natural trumpet. Nominal pitch: D etc.

Technical description: Made to the same specification as (3771) above. Bound in place with cord (red and white, with two tassels).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° .28 .31 .29Opposite .29 .30 .2890° .27 .29 .27 [mean .280 .300 .280mean of nine measurements, .287. 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:711; bell 123.