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French horn.

Technical description: Brass; French bell rim. Ascending third valve (two semitones). Fitting for music-card holder.; Type or system: 3 valves, ascending 3rd valve. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell with circle 1855 / ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE / NATIONAL / 88.|rue des Marais St. Martin / Paris"; stamped on 2nd valve casing "8" ellipse containing "A.|COURTOIS / PARIS" / "304".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.12-4 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m) and with crooks
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to far coil 430; bell 270.; Sounding length: ; Bore: main tuning-slide from 300mm to 670mm from crook receiver, m.t.s bores 10.9 - 11.25; valve cluster from 670mm to 755mm from crook receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.0. at 81.5mm from bell end, 102.Bell cutoff |600|Hz.Bell wall angle at D=100mm, 27.0°.