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Cornet

Nominal pitch: B?-A. Technical description: Silver-plated brass, fixed mouthpipe model. With shunt slide for A pulling away from player, travel limited by nut on screwed rod, maximum travel 51 (adding up to 102mm to sounding length). The main and 1st and 3rd valve tuning-slides have a gradation mark on each leg indicating pull for low pitch: on the main tuning-slide the pull indicated is 27mm (adding 54mm to sounding length). Water-keys on mouthpipe and shunt slide bow. With fitting for music-card holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, top-sprung with alignment by key on piston.

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  • Decorative elements:milled sides of valve top and bottom caps.
  • Inscriptions:Inscribed on bell "PATENT / CLEAR BORE / CLASS / A" / lion-and-unicorn simplified coat of arms / EXHIBITION / PRIZE MEDALS / AWARDED / TO / J. HIGHAM LTD. / MAKERS / 127 . STRANGEWAYS / MANCHESTER / 67907" / applied relief plaque with lion-and-unicorn coat of arms containing "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" and "DIEU ET MON DROIT". Inscribed on 2nd valve casing "J. HIGHAM LTD / MAKERS / MANCHESTER" and on other side "S / 61".
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
  • Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  • Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 320; bell 124. Sounding length: minimum 1272. Bore: mouthpipe at c|42mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 6.85; main tuning-slide from 259mm to 527mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s bore 11.65; shunt tuning-slide from 527mm to 687mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s. bore 11.65; valve cluster from 687mm to 797mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.65; at c|289mm from bell end, 16.5; at 17.85mm from bell end, 71.3.B|=|0.48.Bell cutoff |1300|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.3 - 8.3.