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Single horn made entirely of brass with three bottom-sprung piston valves with metal guide pins, long top caps, nickel-silver buttons, and cork bumpers. The instrument is accompanied with two crooks for E-flat and F. The bell seam has a triangular gusset.
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1906 - 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:Stamped on bell: 4TH B.N.R. / Orchestral / Model / CLASS A / [Boosey trumpet trademark] / LIGHTVALVE / BOOSEY & CO / MAKERS / 295 REGENT STT / LONDON / 73150 / R.M.B. / 201|Stamped on 2nd valve casing: BOOSEY LOGO / 58421|Stamped on valve casings: 25 26 27|Stamped on crook ferrule receivers: Eb (and) 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: 271mm; Sounding length: 2410mm; Eb crook length: 1783mm; F crook length: 1357mm