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Tenor bersag horn.
Technical description: Brass, three coils with four ferrule-covered joints between valve and bell, gusset in bell, French bell rim; tuning shank mouthpipe with ligature clamp. With hook for R2; no water-key. With ring on tuning-shank outer for chain to attach mouthpiece.; Nominal pitch: 9-ft B♭.; Valve type: 1 Périnet valve, bottom-sprung with alignment by key on piston.
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1916 to 1919 - Maker:
Boosey & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.231.12 Valve bugles with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "CLASS|B" / trumpet-and-banner trademark incorporating "TRADE MARK" and "BOOSEY" / "BOOSEY|&|CO. / MAKERS. LONDON / 104493 / Guaranteed / British Made / Throughout"; on valve "11" / trumpet-and-banner trademark incorporating "TRADE MARK" and "BOOSEY" / "75952".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.231.12 Valve bugles with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m)
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to mouthpiece receiver 443; bell 175.; Sounding length: minimum 2595.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|30mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.7; centre of valve at c|180mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore 11.5; at 1288mm from bell end, c|13.0; at c|705mm from bell end, 18.4. at 10mm from bell end, 116.B|=|0.68.Bell cutoff |900|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.4 - 10.7.