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Tenor horn. Nominal pitch: E♭
Technical description: Silver-plated brass; tall bell-up wrap. With extension pieces for main tuning-slide, giving additional length of 38mm in each leg. Valve type: 3 side-action rotary valves, cork buffers on rotors. Repair History: Touchpiece of 2nd valve broken and replaced (not plated). Main tuning-slide extension pieces probably not original (not plated).
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Post 1869, probably c1875 - Maker:
Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Boston/Massachusetts/United States of America - 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:649; bell 168.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18160