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Bach trumpet. Nominal pitch: 3½-ftD - 4-ftC.
Technical description: silver-plated brass; ligature tuning-slide mouthpipe; two alternative corps de rechange for Old Philharmonic pitch or A₄=440Hz respectively, differing in length by 37mm; tenons on both ends of corps de rechange, ligature sockets at distal end of body and at proximal end of bell. Both alternative corps de rechange marked with rings on both tenons for slide pull from D to C, adding 83mm to sounding length. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, bottom sprung; alignment by key on piston.
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1926 - Maker:
Boosey & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:1033 (with longer corps de rechange); bell 115.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16804