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Serpentine cornopean. Nominal pitch B♭ etc
Technical description: brass. 1st and 2nd v.t.s. can be interchanged for alternative fingering. Valve type: claimed to be an improved design of passages through pistons. John Webb says "at first glance seem to be a cross between Berlin and Périnet".
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Circa 1850 - Maker:
Robinson & Bussell - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Dublin/Republic of Ireland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1-4 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m) and with crooks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1-4 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m) and with crooks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:343; bell 121
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16080