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Technical description: Brass; French bell rim. Main tuning-slide proximal outer moving, distal inner moving. With shank for B?.; Nominal pitch: B? etc.; Type or system: 3 valves.; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|452.4|Hz.;
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1848-1851 - Maker:
Antoine Courtois [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Paris. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "APPROVED / BY / HERR KOENIG / WARRANTED / BY / JULLIEN" / "ANTOINE COURTOIS / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE / RUE DU CAIRE A PARIS" and below on elaborate silver applied plaque "214 REGENT STREET / Jullien / LONDON"; stamped on valve casings and pistons "1", "2", "3"; stamped on shank "SI?".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 269; bell 123.; Sounding length: minimum 1306 (with shank for B?).; Bore: shank at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.9; instrument body at c|98mm from shank/crook receiver (local minimum bore), 10.65; main tuning-slide from 326mm to 513mm from mouthpiece receiver (with B? shank), m.t.s. bore 11.35; valve cluster from 713mm to 849mm from mouthpiece receiver (with B? shank), v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.35; at c|259mm from bell end, 16.05; at 25.5mm from bell end, 64.5.B|=|0.63 (with shank for B?).Bell cutoff |1200|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.5 - 8.9 (shank for B?).