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Tenor horn.
Technical description: Brass; gusseted bell with French bell rim. With water-key and fitting for music-card holder.; Nominal pitch: E?.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at A?|=|452.4|Hz.;
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Circa 1889 - Maker:
Rivière & Hawkes [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
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- Inscriptions:Inscribed "1ST / CLASS / RIVIÈRE & HAWKES / LEICESTER SQUARE / LONDON / 3596"; on 2nd valve at foot "25801".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow guard knob 570; bell 188.; Sounding length: minimum 1961.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|34mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.3; valve cluster from 154mm to 249mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.45; m.t.s. from 366mm to 627mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning-slide bores 11.6 - 12.25; at 981mm from bell end, c|15.3; at c|651mm from bell end, 21.65; at 18.5mm from bell end, 114.B|=|0.56.Bell cutoff |1000|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.2 - 10.4.