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Valved horn
Technical description: Brass; fixed mouthpipe; angle between axis of mouthpipe / crook receiver and axis of bell 115°. Bell with garland. One water-key. 5 tuning-slides, no-coil (533a) for G, 1-coil (533b) for sharp F, 1-coil (533c) for F, 2-coil (533d) for E, 2-coil (533e) for E♭. Valve type: 3 rotary valves, lever operated with drum springs.
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1879 - Maker:
Boosey & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.12-4 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m) and with crooks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.12-4 Valve horns with narrow bore, with long air column (more than 2 m) and with crooks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:perpendicular to bell 420. Corpus diameter 319; bell diameter 274.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16977