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Ophicleide. Nominal pitch: 8-ft C.
Technical description: Brass, with plated crook (one and a quarter coils). Crook length excluding tenon 680. No overlapping keys. L0: D. L1: B. L2: C♯. L3: E♭. R0: E; alt G♯. R1: B♭. R2: A; G♯. R3: G. R4: F♯; F. Keyhead type: Cup keys for stuffed pads. Repair History: One key repaired, 1991.
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Circa 1840 - Maker:
Smith, Henry - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Wolverhampton/West Midlands/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.213-71 Labrosones with fingerholes and with keys, with (wider) conical bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.213-71 Labrosones with fingerholes and with keys, with (wider) conical bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1083; bell 203.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16037