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Circular trumpet. Nominal pitch: 6-ftF.
Technical description: brass, single-coil with tuning slide in centre, after the style of a post horn. With one crook, probably not original. Repair History: Crook not original. Replacement tuning slides probably incorrect, having a bore of 11.5 whereas the bow and tubing just before and after are estimated to be 10.6.
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Circa1840 - Maker:
Courtois neveu aîné [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Paris/France - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:perpendicular to bell 305; corpus diameter c246.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14675