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Coach horn
Signalling horn. Copper body and brass mouthpiece. Once coiled in a circular formation. Body is made from a single sheet with the seam visible down the side. Bell is a separate section. Mouthpiece is not detachable. It has no shank and the cup is fixed directly to the body tubing. No decoration or inscriptions.
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1825-1900 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.21 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, without mouthpiece
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- Materials:copper; brass
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.21 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, without mouthpiece
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens