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Cornet.

Technical description: "Acme" model. Silver-plated brass, French bell rim; barillet (rotary quick-change valve) in main tuning-slide; double water-key with single touchpiece; fitting for music-card holder. With gradations on valve tuning-slides indicating positions for use in A.; Nominal pitch: B?|.|A.; ; ; ; ; ;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "C.G. / LP" / rectangle enclosing "N.V.A." / hawk-and-trumpet trademark / "Boosey|&|Hawkes / Ltd / Makers / 295|Regent|St / London.|W.|1. / 151216"; on valve casings and bottom caps "61", "62", "63"; on 2nd|valve casing underneath the "62", "117932" and below "PATENT|193729"; on barillet "A" and "B?" with arrow.
  • 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: 329; bell 117.; Sounding length: ; Bore: B? shank at c|35mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 7.55; m.t.s. at c|mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning-slide bore 11.65; valve cluster, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.65.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.6 - 8.3.