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Cornet.

Technical description: Nickel-plated brass, 'shepherd's crook' bellpipe; fixed mouthpipe; French bell rim. With water-key and fitting for music-card holder.With shank for B?.; Nominal pitch: B?.; ; ; ; ; ;

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  • Inscriptions:Embossed on elliptical plate on bell "SOLOIST / WGMG GEDEPONEERD" / cornet player walking on globe, with five cherubs / D.|ANSINGH & CO. / ZWOLLE".
  • 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 336; bell 110.; Sounding length: ; Bore: Main tuning-slide and auxiliary tuning-slide, m.t.s. bore 11.4; valve cluster, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.4; Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 10.1 - 9.9 (hardly any taper).