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This instrument might be associated with the Cyfarthfa Band, one of the greatest and oldest virtuoso nineteen-century brass bands, founded in 1838 by iron magnate Robert Thompson Crawshay. It is a bass tuba with an upright bell, made of brass with nickel silver trimmings and mechanisms. It has four rotary valves with clock-spring mechanism and brass mechanical linkages. It has one water-key located on main tuning slide. The second valve tuning slide has a pulling ring. There is also a lyre holder, two carrying strap ring plates, and a thumb holder ring plate. Nominal pitch: E-flat.
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1865–75 - Maker:
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Cyfarthfa Castle Museum - Inventory number:
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Austria - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore
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- Decorative elements:Engraved valve caps and rotor screw touches.
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore
- Repository:Cyfarthfa Castle Museum
- Measurements:Length: 960mm; Bell diameter: 285mm; Bore at mouthpiece receiver: 14.3mm; Sounding length: 3980mm