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Red-brown stained wood (? fruitwood): 2 brass keys mounted in turned rings, the C key with "butterfly" touch piece and round cover, the D sharp key with oval touch-piece and round cover: the bell with incurved rim: of plain design with straight top and simple bell with constricting rim: twin holes for L3 only: accompanied by a pear-shaped wooden mute.
- Date:
circa 1800 - Maker:
Goulding, Wood & Co. - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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London
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- Inscriptions:On bell: "GOULDING, WOOD & CO. / PALL MALL / LONDON" with Prince of Wales's feathers above. On the other two sections the same, apparently but indistinctly
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- Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
- Measurements:Length: 568mm.
- View the original record:http://museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk/collection/Details/collect/1574