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Coach horn
Coach horn in B flat. Copper body with brass ferrules and nickel silver-plated mouthpiece. Semi-circular halbmond shape. Bell is looped back to form a single coil within the crescent profile. Made in three parts, joined beneath ferrules in the looped section. Mouthpiece is not original and is stamped around the shank: B&H MADE IN ENGLAND
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1875-1900 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Europe - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Materials:nickel silver plating, solder, copper alloy, copper
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 395 mm