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Basset horn. Nominal pitch: F.

Technical description: Maple wood with chrome plated german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, curved metal barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Named Heckel-mouthpiece, grooved for cord. Patent B♭ mechanism: speaker key alone opens twin hole (two chimneys), when depressed with throat Akey two extra vents are opened. Connection between both keys also closes one vent when only throat A is depressed. Rings on R1 and R2 close vent just above R1. Plate on thumb-hole. Basset keys under fontanelles. 18keys, 4rings. 1plate. L0: Plate; speaker corresponding with throat Akey. L1: T + ring + vent; throat A♮ corresponding with speaker; throat A♭. L2: T + ring + vent; alternative cross key for F₄/C₆. L3: T; E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: E♭₃; D₃; C♯₃; C₃. R1: T; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭/C₅. R2: T + ring + vent. R3: T + ring (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern. Repair History: Restored at 'Die Holzbläser', Berlin.

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