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Orchestral horn
Technical description: Unusual early integral valve horn in which a short mouthpipe leads into a tuning-slide followed by a valve cluster situated close to left hand position, permitting short valve stems; Short tuning-slides enabling use of crooks above F when pushed in. The third valve slide is elegantly re-curved to give cruciate double slide. Metal construction: yellow brass; seamed gusseted bell, garland width 40; all other segments seamed. With French pattern F crook. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves (the valves look identical to a trumpet cluster). Repair History: Bell garland has been cut, possibly to be removed to facilitate bell repair.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Mahillon, Charles-Borromée [Person] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Brussels/Belgium - 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:Corpus diameter 330; bell diameter 278.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17953