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Tenor horn. Nominal pitch: E♭.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass; bell-up wrap (saxotromba form) with loop of tubing under rather than over valves; wide spacing of tuning-slide legs (145mm centres); no water-key; fitting for music card-holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston.
- Date:
1887-1890 - Maker:
Besson, F. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:665; bell 178.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15415