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Single horn made entirely of silver-plated brass with three bottom-sprung piston valves with metal guide pins, long top caps, and cork bumpers. The second valve button is not original. The bell brace has a shield shape. There is an unsigned silver-plated mouthpiece attached to an F crook.
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1914–24 - Maker:
Boosey & 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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- Inscriptions:Engraved on garland: Boosey & Co., [trademark] Makers London / 119162|Engraved on bell: [B&C monogram] / "Sotone" / (REGISTERED)|Stamped on 2nd valve casing: [Boosey trumpet trademark] / 93173|Stamped on mechanisms: 31 32 33|Stamped on mouthpiece receiver of crook: F
- 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: 350mm; Bell diameter: 278mm; Sounding length: 2415mm; F crook length: 1355mm