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Pocket cornet.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass; French bell rim. With shank for B? only, shank overall length 85. With water-key.; Nominal pitch: B?.; ; ; ; ; ;
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Early 20th century - Maker:
Thibouville-Lamy, Jérôme [Person] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Paris. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell with lyre-in-sunburst motif / "J.T.L. / HORS CONCOURS / PARIS / 1878.1889.1900" / five overlapping medals containing "1875", "PARIS", "OR", "LONDRES", "1885" / "JÉRÔME / THIBOUVILLE-LAMY & CO. / 10.CHARTERHOUSE STREET / LONDON / MADE IN PARIS / Class / B"; stamped on valve casings "7", "8", "9",.
- 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 shank proximal 228; bell 72.; Sounding length: minimum 1247.; Bore: shank mouthpipe at c|30mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.25; m.t.s. from 284mm to 510mm from mouthpiece receiver (with shank), tuning-slide bore 11.55; valve cluster from 570mm to 685mm from mouthpiece receiver (with shank), v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.55; at c|222mm from bell end, 16.35.B|=|0.57.Bell cutoff |1400|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.4 - 8.5.