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Trumpet, Nominal pitch: E♭ / D / C.
Technical description: Silver-plated brass. Long bell projecting forwards suggests this was intended as a 'Bach trumpet'. Bore profile that of a soprano cornet. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston.
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Probably 1890 or soon after - Maker:
Besson, F. - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Stamped with London inscription but probably made in Paris - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1-4 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m) and with crooks
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1-4 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m) and with crooks
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:573; bell 117.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18462