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Cornet, disc valves, clapper key, case, Nominal pitch: B♭ etc.

Technical description: Brass. Windway runs mouthpiece receiver - main tuning-slide - 2 - 3 -1 - bell; main tuning-slide downward-pull in front of 3rd valve plate. With clapper key; with 3 bits for B♭, crooks for A, A♭, G, and F.The first leg of the main tuning-slide and both legs of the 1st and 2nd valve tuning-slides have fixed inner, moving outer slides. Keymount type: pillars, SATK. Keyhead type: flat, round. Valve type: 3 disc valves with flat plates, watch springs; push-rod action with short guide tubes.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:344; bell 126.