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Tuba. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Technical description: Brass. Valve type: 3 Périnet-type valves with unusual angled connecting pipes from 1st to 2nd and from 2nd to 3rd. Repair History: The main tuning-slide probably a replacement or alteration; the original main tuning-slide was probably c160mm shorter.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.231.2 Valve bugles with wide bore
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:948; bell 290.