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Horn

This instrument is associated with the Royal Marines Band and it is a British Army Pattern no. 6597. It is a bell section only of a horn made of silver-plated brass. The whole valve and slides section is missing. The bell brace has a shield shape.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: Imperial (cursive) / L.P. /[eagle with trumpet trademark] / Boosey & Hawkes Ltd. / Makers / 295 Regent St. / London W.1. (all in gothic script) / 150510 / RM CH / 30 / RMB / 61 / A [broad arrow] P / 6597
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.12 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m)
  • Repository:National Museum of the Royal Navy
  • Measurements:Length: 350mm; Bell diameter: 325mm