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Tenor cornophone
Tenor cornophone made entirely of brass with three piston valves and forward-facing bell. There is one water-key on the main tuning slide. Nominal pitch: 8-foot C.
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1890–5 - Maker:
F. Besson [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: Cornophones / Patented / 50 MEDALS OF HONOUR (within banner) / [FB monogram] / F. BESSON / Prototype / 198 EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / [five-pointed star]|Stamped on 3rd valve casing: F. BESSON / [crown] / BTE. S.G.D.G. (within ellipse) / 46632
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Height: 560mm; Bell diameter: 190mm