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Cornet.
Technical description: Brass; large gusset in bell; French bell rim. Tubing arranged so the valves are to the left of the bell-pipe from the player's viewpoint (modèle français). With hook for R4. Fitting for music-card holder. No water-key.; Nominal pitch: B? etc.; ; ; ; ; ;
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Circa 1860 - Maker:
Gautrot aîné. - 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 "HENRY DISTIN / LONDON / 9 GT.|NEWPORT|ST."; on rear of bell with ellipse containing an anchor with "G" and "A" on either side; on valve casings "1", "2", "3".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 327; bell 125.; Sounding length: ; Bore: main tuning-slide from 280mm to 513mm from shank/crook receiver, m.t.s. bores 11.43 - 11.58; valve cluster from 643mm to 726mm from shank/crook receiver, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.72; at 20mm from bell end, 68.7.Bell cutoff |1300|Hz.