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Contrabass saxhorn.
Technical description: Brass, gusset in bell; garland; ring for R4; fitting for music-card holder; no water-key.; Nominal pitch: 13-ft E?.; Type or system: 3 valves.; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|452.4|Hz.;
- Date:
3rd quarter of the 19th century - Maker:
John Warren York & Son. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Probably U.S.A. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore
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- Inscriptions:No inscriptions.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 1023; bell 269.; Sounding length: minimum 3973.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 14.35; valve cluster from 210mm to 357mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 14.6; main tuning-slide from 670mm to 966mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s bores 14.6 - 14.9; at 1987mm from bell end, c|25.75; at c|1538mm from bell end, 36.4.B|=|0.54.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 14.7 - 14.35.