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Natural horn. Nominal pitch: 14-ft D.
Technical description: 3½ coils; yellow brass. Metal construction: mouthpipe, 5 intermediate segments and bell, first joint overlapping, next two joints under ferrules, last three joints overlapping;all tubing seamed; gusseted bell, garland width 32. Repair History: Many small patches on body and larger ones on bell, the latter covering cracks. The present second intermediate segment may be a replacement of part what is now the third intermediate segment; the two ferrules covering joints are almost certainly repairs.
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Circa 1760 - Maker:
Nicholas Winkings (?) - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:corpus diameter 409; bell diameter 239.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17767