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Soprano cornet.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Tuning shank mouthpipe with ligature screw restraint. With water-key; no fitting for music-card holder.; Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, top-sprung, alignment by key on piston. Nominal pitch: E♭.
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Circa 1901 - Maker:
Besson & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "50 MEDALS OF HONOUR" in banner / monogram "FB" / BESSON & CO. / "''Prototype'' / 198 EUSTON ROAD / LONDON" / five-pointed star; on 2nd valve casing "5" and "BESSON & CO" / five-pointed star / "BREVETE" all in ellipse / "71520".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 313; bell 116.; Sounding length: minimum 902.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|50mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 7.7; valve cluster from c|318 to c|418mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.65; at 451mm from bell end, c|11.7; at c|245mm from bell end, 16.55; at 19.5mm from bell end, 64.B|=|0.48.Bell cutoff |1400|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.65 - 8.25.