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Cornet. Nominal pitch: B♭ etc.
Technical description: Brass; windway through valves (3,2,1); with crook for A♭ only. Valve type: 3 Stölzel valves with spring inside hollow stem; alignment by guide pin which also locates lower end of spring; wax partitions. Repair History: 1st and 2nd valve touchpieces are of german silver, 3rd valve touchpiece is of ivory - probably 1st and 2nd are replacements. The crook is probably a replacement: the original could be expected to have had a minimum bore of c11.1.
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1837-65, probably c1840 - Maker:
Glen, Thomas [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Edinburgh/City of Edinburgh/Scotland - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11-4
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11-4
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:268; bell 124.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18575