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Orchestral hand horn

Technical description: brass; angle between axis of mouthpipe / crook receiver and axis of bell 126°; instrument body 1½ coils plus tuning slide. With terminal crooks (4668a) 1-coil, (4668b) 1-coil, (4668c) 1-coil, (4668d) 2-coil, (4668e) 2-coil, (4668f) 2-coil, (4668g) 3-coil, (4668h) 3-coil, and couplers (4668i) 1-coil which does not fit or belong in the set, (4668j) 1-coil.

  • Date:
    Circa 1840
  • Maker:
    Courtois neveu aîné [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Paris/France
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22-4
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22-4
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh