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Bass Bersag horn.
Technical description: Brass, three-coil; tuning shank mouthpipe with ligature clamp. Three ferrule-covered joints between valve and bell.; Nominal pitch: 9-ft B♭.; Type or system: One valve.; Valve type: 1 Périnet valve.
- Date:
1917 - 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 with trumpet-and-banner trademark incorporating "TRADE MARK" and "BOOSEY" / "BOOSEY|&|CO. / MAKERS. LONDON / 101833 / Guaranteed / British Made / Throughout"; on valve with trumpet-and-banner trademark incorporating "TRADE MARK" and "BOOSEY" / "75956".
- 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 tuning shank proximal 431; bell 181.; Sounding length: minimum 2546.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|30mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 11.1; centre of valve at c|192mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore 12.2; at 1273mm from bell end, c|17.0; at c|777mm from bell end, 24.05.B|=|0.53.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.5 - 11.2.