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Bass horn
Bass horn. Copper body with brass ferrules, bell garland, saddle mounts, keys, mouthpiece receiver and patch repairs. Three keys (two missing). Brass-bushed holes on raised brass platforms. V shaped body with single stay connecting crook receiver to bell branch. Swan-necked crook.
- Date:
circa 1850 - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.213-71 Labrosones with fingerholes and with keys, with (wider) conical bore
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- Materials:copper alloy, copper
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.213-71 Labrosones with fingerholes and with keys, with (wider) conical bore
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements: overall: 825 x 485 x 200 mm