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Slide trumpet.

Technical description: Gilding metal with brass stays, shank/crook receiver sheath, ferrules, slide mechanism, and ball. The bell flare is dissimilar to those of (462) and (465). First yard passes through channel in ball; French bell rim. Slide proximal leg has moving outer; distal leg has moving inner; elastic rubber slide return. With curved shank for F and four single-coil crooks for E (466a), E? (466b), D (466c) and D (466d).; Nominal pitch: F etc.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|452.4|Hz.;

  • Date:
    1881 - c|1888
  • Maker:
    Köhler & Son [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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  • Place of production:
    London.
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.22
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  • Inscriptions:Inscribed on the bell: "T.|HARPER'S IMPROVED / 191 / 1861" / two medals / "1862/ KÖHLER & SON / MAKERS / 116. VICTORIA STREET / WESTMINSTER / LONDON"; on curved shank "F"; on crooks respectively "E", "E?", "D", "C".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.22
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 569; bell 109.; Sounding length: instrument with curved shank for|F (minimum) 1742; with D|crook, minimum 2056; overall air column length of shank for F 97; of crooks (a) 175, (b) 267, (c) 405, (d) 650.; Bore: shank for|F at c|60mm from shank/crook receiver (minimum bore), 9.95; body at 836mm from shank/crook receiver, c|11.3; slide section from 945mm to 1369mm from mouthpiece receiver (with F|shank), inner slides bores 11.25 - 11.3; at c|230mm from bell end, 16.0; at 15mm from bell end, 68.5.B|=|0.73 (in|F with curved shank), B|=|0.82 (in|D without any bit).Bell cutoff |1300|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: taper on instrument body to receive crooks, bits or mouthpiece 12.55 - 11.85; internal taper of shank for|F 11.55 - 10.85; of crooks (466a) 11.65 - 11.3, (466b) 11.5 - 11.2, (466c) 11.65 - 11.1, (466d) 11.6 - 11.2.