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Cornet, circular, rotary valves, Nominal pitch: B♭.
Technical description: Brass, with long section of dummy tubing to give circular corpus; bell directed upwards and slightly forwards (at 75° from mouthpipe). Bell with garland. The instrument may have been intended to be played with a short shank. Valve type: 3 top-action string-operated rotary valves, leaf springs attached to touchpieces. Repair History: The shank associated with the instrument is a B♭ French or British cornet shank.
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1842-1862 - Maker:
Fiske, Isaac [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Worcester/Massachusetts/United States of America - 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:335 from plane of bell to furthermost part of corpus; 225 from mouthpiece receiver to furthermost part of corpus; bell 127.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18636