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Posthorn. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Technical description: brass; 2¼ circular coils; ring for mouthpiece chain. Repair History: Surface finish apparently sandblasted, or possibly etched and patinated.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:perpendicular to bell 228; corpus diameter c180; bell 127 - 132.