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Ceremonial trumpet.

Technical description: Brass, one coil, with garland and ball, two ferrules on 1st and 2nd yards of length 101, one ferrule on bellpipe length 32. Mouthpiece receiver sheath length 112; the mouthpipe narrows to a constriction but without a step. Distal bow soldered to garland; soldered join connecting mouthpiece receiver sheath and third ferrule; first yard soldered into a shallow channel in the ball. Ring soldered on inside of proximal bow with chain attached to mouthpiece.; Nominal pitch: E?.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|460|Hz.;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "1851" / two medals / "1862" and "KÖHLER & SON / MAKERS / 116. VICTORIA STREET / WESTMINSTER / LONDON"; embossed in cartouche on garland "KÖHLER / LONDON".
  • 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 mouthpiece receiver proximal 674; bell 123.; Sounding length: 1962.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|25mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.8; at 981mm from bell end, c|11.0; at c|383mm from bell end, 15.55; at 15mm from bell end, 72.B|=|0.65.Bell cutoff |1500|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.6 - 9.0.