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Cornet.

Technical description: Brass with german silver valve caps and touchpieces; spun bell with circumferential seam, French bell rim. False tubing between 1st and 3rd valves below actual tubing between 1st and 3rd valves; false tubing from bow between shank/crook receiver and main tuing-slide to centre of false tubing between 1st and 3rd valves. Main tuning-slide with moving proximal outer and distal inner; valve tuning-slides with moving outers. Main tuning-slide inner slides with stockings. 3rd valve tuning-slide directed forwards. Finger-hook for R4. No water-key or fitting for music-card holder.; Nominal pitch: B? etc.; ; ; ; ; ;

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  • Inscriptions:No inscriptions.
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 297; bell 124.; Sounding length: ; Bore: main tuning-slide from 255mm to 457mm from shank/crook receiver, m.t.s bore 12.1; valve cluster from 560mm to 800mm from shank/crook receiver, v.t.s. bore (2,3,1) 12.1; Dia of mouthpiece receiver: 9.6 - 8.35 (associated shank).