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Technical description: cocus; 4 sections (lower body and foot in one piece); german silver keys; 6 german silver ferrules (including heavy, domed foot ferrule); metal-lined head; tuning-slide; domed german silver cap, but no screw-stopper; roughly-cut, slightly oval embouchure-hole; small, roughly-cut finger-holes; G♯ key set diagonally on upper body; adjacent low C/C♯ touches.; Nominal pitch: C (or possibly in D♭).; Type or system: 8 keys.; Keyhead type: domed cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with leaf springs.; Usable pitch: if in C, A₄ c|466|Hz; if in D♭, sounding A₄ c|440|Hz.; Performance characteristics: [original range C₄|-|C₇ (sounding D♭₄|-|D♭₇ if in D♭)]; range in present condition D₄|-|G₆ (sounding E♭₄|-|A♭₆ if in D♭).
- Date:
Late 19th century - Maker:
J. Wallis [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Probably Germany. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12
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- Inscriptions:No inscriptions.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 655.; Sounding length: 571.; Bore: conical.