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Technical description: Copper with german silver mouthpiece receiver sheath, bell rim, bow guards and chain. 4|coils; oval bell. 2 long bow guards, each extending over 2 bows.; Nominal pitch: B♭.; Type or system: 4 coils.; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A₄=|446|Hz.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Henry Keat. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "THE BUGLET / Prize Medal / 4 TURNS" then as oval "BY APPOINTMENT TO THE / WAR & INDIAN OFFICES" containing lion-and-unicorn crest then "HY. KEAT & SONS / 105 / MATTHIAS RD. / STOKE NEWINGTON / LONDON".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 166; bell 63.5 × 90.; Sounding length: minimum 1342.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.25; at 671mm from bell end, c|12.15; at c|221mm from bell end, 18.6.B|=|0.64.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.7 - 9.25.