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Technical description: Brass; gusset in bell, French bell rim. 3rd valve tuning-slide directed forwards but with loop to avoid collision with bell. Finger-hook for R4. No water-key or fitting for music-card holder.With shanks for (330a) B? and (330b) A; crooks for (330c) A?, (330d) G, (330e) F and (330f)E; coupler (330g) for E? for use with E crook.; Nominal pitch: B? etc.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|440|Hz.;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on rectangular german silver plates on shanks and crooks (330a) "SB", (330b) "LA", (330c) "LAB", (330d) "SOL", (330e) "FA", (330f) "MI", (330g) "MIB".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to 1st valve tuning-slide bow 270; bell 127.; Sounding length: minimum 1354 (with B? shank).; Bore: B? shank distal end at 84mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.85; main tuning-slide from 266mm to 485mm from mouthpiece receiver (with B? shank), m.t.s. bore 11.35; valve cluster from 645mm to 859mm from mouthpiece receiver (with B? shank), v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.45; at c|268mm from bell end, 16.2; at 23.5mm from bell end, 73.5.B|=|0.69 (with B? shank).Bell cutoff |1100|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.7 - 10.4 (B? shank) i.e., reverse taper.