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Technical description: Silver-plated brass, French bell rim. With quick-change rotary valve for right hand operation. With finger-hook for R4, water-key on main tuning-slide and fitting for music-card holder. Mother-of-pearl or abalone valve touchpiece inlays. Gradations on valve slides for low pitch and for A.; Nominal pitch: B?|.|A.; ; ; ; ; ;
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Mid 20th century - Maker:
Grey, John [Person] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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France. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Engraved on bell "John Grey & Sons / MADE AT THE / FRENCH FACTORY"; on 1st and 3rd valve casings "109", "111"; on the quick change valve casing "45"; on the cap "B?" and "A".
- 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 483; bell 114.; Sounding length: ; Bore: mouthpipe at c|40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.55; main tuning-slide, m.t.s bores 10.35 - 10.4; valve cluster, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.15.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.3 - 11.1.