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French horn
This French horn is made of brass. Its valves are semitone and tone; crooks are A flat, high B flat, B flat, D, E, E flat, E, F, F sharp, G, and two extra loops which, used with A, give C; the design appears to be of the period 1750–1840; double valves were patented in 1814.
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J. Higham [Corporation] - Collection:
Cliffe Castle Museum - Inventory number:
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Manchester (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.23 Labrosones with valves
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.23 Labrosones with valves
- Repository:Cliffe Castle Museum