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Tenor horn. Nominal pitch: F etc.
Technical description: Brass; 3 Périnet valves; with music card-holder (complete). With one short shank and four crooks.Valve Type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by groove on piston, key screwed in casing. Repair History: Original springs have evidently been replaced; there are three springs in an envelope marked "original springs; interesting, but they don't work too well"; also one odd spring, 40mm long, unlabelled.
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1849-57, probably c1855 - Maker:
Distin, Henry - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:396; bell 170.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18243