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Valved posthorn. Nominal pitch: 4-ft C.
Technical description: brass with german silver trim; ligature tuning slide at mouthpipe. Valve type: 3 rotary valves in triangular disposition; cork buffers on rotor arms.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Kratky, Alois - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Vienna/Austria - 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:c255; corpus diameter c135; bell 102.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18460