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Tenor sackbut in A, Monk model, Nominal pitch: 10-ft A.

Technical description: Brass; soldered bows with rings at the centre of the inner curve. Flat stays, the bell stay with a pinned mount to the bell; the two slide stays each with two hinged clasps and latches. The inner slides with stockings. No water-key or tuning-slide.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22 Labrosones with slides
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:170; bell 107.