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Cor sauterelle.
Technical description: Brass, no gusset in bell mouth, circumferential seam in bell at angle to cross-section; with garland. Section lengths: from plain section or sauterelle socket distal to ferrule mid 540; from ferrule mid to circumferential seam 665; from circumferential seam to bell end 292.With two alternative sections to be inserted between body and tuning-slide: one a plain section of two tubes with two stays, the other a cluster of three long top-cap valves. Type or system: Combination hand horn and 3-valve french horn. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom-sprung with alignment by key on piston.
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1846-53 - Maker:
Wolf & Figg. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22+423.232.12-4
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- Inscriptions:Inscribed on bell garland "Wolf & Figg, / 20, St. Martins le Grand, / LONDON."; stamped on 1st valve casing "W.|BROWN & Sons / Makers / LONDON".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22+423.232.12-4
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to far coil 435; bell 286.; Sounding length: same length with plain section or sauterelle.; Bore: instrument body at c|33mm from shank/crook receiver (local minimum bore), 11.3; main tuning-slide from 262mm to 754mm from shank/crook receiver, m.t.s. bores 11.0 - 11.2; valve tuning-slides on sauterelle 11.2; at 50mm from bell end, 130.5.Bell cutoff |600|Hz.Bell wall angle at D=100mm, 22.0°.Dia of shank/crook receiver: m.r.t. 12.45 - 11.55.