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Trumpet. Nominal pitch: B♭.A.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Quick-change rotary valve. With water-key on main tuning-slide Alternative main tuning-slide for high pitch and low pitch. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, top sprung; alignment by key on piston. Repair History: Actuating knob for quick-change valve obviously a replacement (unplated brass with diamond knurling).
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Circa 1928 - Maker:
Besson & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:485; bell 118.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17789