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Basset horn. Nominal pitch: F.

Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules, crook, bell, and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, crook, upper section, lower section, upturned metal bell. Throat B♭ mechanism adjustable with plastic screws and activated from throat Akey that closes upper speaker tone-hole and opens lower when depressed. Plate on thumb-hole. Chromatic extension down to C₃. 22keys, 6rings, 1plate, 6rollers. L0: Plate F₄/C♮₆; speaker. L1: T + ring F♯₄; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + E♭₄/B♭₅ corresponding ring. L3: T + ring; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; F₃/C♮₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅; G♯₃/E♭₅. R0: E♭₃; D₃; C♯₃; C₃. R1: T + ring B♭₃/F♮₅ via correspondence; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side F♯₄/C♯₆; trills 1-2. R2: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence. R3: T + ring B♮₃/F♯₅ via correspondence; cross B♮₃/F♯₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; E₃/B♮₄; F₃/C♮₅; F♯₃/C♯₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern.

  • Measurements:1400