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Helicon. Nominal pitch: E♭.

Technical description: Brass. With fitting for music card holder. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston. Repair History: Mouthpipe and two mouthpipe stays are replacements by Fred Rhodes, 1980.

  • Date:
    Post 1865, probably c1880
  • Maker:
    Keat, Henry
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    London/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.231.2
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.231.2
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:1045; bell 295.