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Natural trumpet ('Lohengrin trumpet').

Technical description: Silver-plated brass, 2 coils, tuning-slide in first proximal bow. With garland. With shank (460a) for E and crooks for D (460b), C (460c) and A (460d). The shank and crooks appear to be original but have disparate tapers and minima; the shank is short for E, and the long crook is short for A or long for B?. Water-key. Two rings for banner or cording.; Nominal pitch: F etc.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|440|Hz.;

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  • Inscriptions:Engraved on bell "S.|Arthur Chappell. / 52|New Bond St. / London."; on mouthpiece/crook receiver ferrule "1"; on mouthpiece receiver ferrule of crook (460b) "D"; on mouthpiece receiver ferrule of crook (460c) "C".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 417; bell 119.; Sounding length: minima 1794 (no crook), 1846 (shank 460a), 2141 (crook 460b), 2423 (crook 460c), 2767 (crook 460d).; Bore: body at c|40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.6; shank (460a) at c|65mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.55; crook (460b) at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.9; crook (460c) at c|40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.95; crook (460d) at c|40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 11.0; main tuning-slide from 480mm to 862mm from mouthpiece/shank/crook receiver (no crook), m.t.s. bore 11.55; at 897mm from bell end, c|11.55; at c|301mm from bell end, 16.35; at 14.5mm from bell end, 73.B|=|0.74 (no crook), B|=|0.66 (shank 460a), B|=|0.78 (crook 460b), B|=|0.80 (crook 460c), B|=|0.78 (crook 460d).Bell cutoff |1300|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.15 - 10.6 (body); 10.8 - 10.45 (shank 460a); 11.2 - 10.9 (crook 460b); 11.5 - 10.95 (crook 460c); 11.35 - 11.0 (crook 460d).