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Technical description: Brass; bell flare with circumferential seam and tabbed longitudinal seam, French rim. German silver mouthpiece receiver sheath and outer slides. With water-key on main tuning-slide, finger hook for R4, and fitting for music-card holder.; Nominal pitch: B?.; ; ; ; ; ;

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  • Inscriptions:Inscribed on bell "Made by" / semiquaver and globe "B&H" trade mark / "BOOSEY & HAWKES / England / Regent"; on side of bell "508553"; on valve casings "1", "2", "3".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 493; bell 125.; Sounding length: ; Bore: mouthpipe at c|40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.1; m.t.s., tuning-slide bore 11.6; valve cluster, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.7.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.2 - 10.2.