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Bell-up tenor cor. Nominal pitch: F, E, E♭, D, D♭ and C.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass; bell-up wrap. With full original complement of 6 alternative tuning slides, the shortest two half-coil, the others 1½ coils; water-key only on (a) and (c); fitting for music card holder, complete with original lyre. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston.
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Probably 1876 - Maker:
Besson, F. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2-4 Valve horns with wider bore and with crooks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2-4 Valve horns with wider bore and with crooks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:422 perpendicular to bell face; bell 216.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14669