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Technical description: Brass; bell with gusset and French rim; leadpipe and main tuning-slide in reverse 'S' wrap. With hook for R4; double water-key with single touchpiece and leaf spring mounted on what could be a non-moving auxiliary main tuning-slide; with fitting for music-card holder. With (345a) and (345b), B? shanks; (345c), A shank, possibly original; (345d) and (345e), A? crooks.; Nominal pitch: B? etc.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|460|Hz.;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "R. DE LACY / MAKER / 84. HOLLAND ROAD / BRIXTON / LONDON"; stamped on valve balusters "1", "2", "3"; stamped on crook (345d) "LAB".
  • 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 308; bell 128.; Sounding length: minimum 1270 (with B? shank 345a).; Bore: B? shank at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.75; main tuning-slide from 274mm to 567mm from mouthpiece receiver (with B? shank 345a), m.t.s. bores 11.2 - 11.6; valve cluster from 706mm to 806mm from mouthpiece receiver (with B? shank 345a), v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.6; at c|256mm from bell end, 16.4; at 21.5mm from bell end, 66.5..B|=|0.61 (in B? with 345a).Bell cutoff |1300|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. of B? shank (345a) 9.45 - 8.75.