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Basset horn. Nominal pitch: F.

Technical description: Blackwood with silver plated german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, wooden angled barrel, upper section, lower section, upturned metal bell. Named original mouthpiece. Patent automatic throat B♭ mechanism: speaker key depressed alone opens upper speaker tone-hole. Speaker key depressed with throat Akey upper tone-hole is closed from A, lower opened. (See Graessel). Plates on L3, and on RH section. Csharp mechanism. Vent hole close to lower tenon of lower section. 18keys, 2rings, 4plates, 4black rollers. L0: T; speaker. L1: T + ring + vent; throat A♮; throat A♭. L2: T + ring + vent; alternative cross key for F₄/C₆. L3: Plate; cross E♭₄/B♭₅. L4: C♯₄/G♯₅; E₃/B♮₄; F♯₃/C♯₅. R0: E♭₃; D₃; C♯₃; C₃. R1: Plate + vent; side F₄/C₆; side E♭₄/B♭₅; side trill for throat A-B♮ and B♭/C₅. R2: Plate. R3: Plate (forked B♭₃/F♮₅); cross B♭₃/F♮₅. R4: G♯₃/E♭₅; F₃/C₅. Keymount type: screwed in pillars. Keyhead type: modern.

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