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Single horn made entirely of brass with three bottom-sprung piston valves. The valve buttons are missing. The instrument is accompanied with five crooks that are changed at the main tuning slide. The bell seam has a triangular gusset.
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1871 - Maker:
Henry Distin & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.12 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m)
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.12 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m)
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Corpus diameter: 370mm; Bell diameter: 270mm