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Trumpet. Nominal pitch: B♭.

Technical description: silver-plated brass, with shank for B♭; water-key on m.t.s.; fitting for music card holder, complete with its lyre. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, top sprung by compression spring outside tubular upper stem; alignment by key on piston. Repair History: The music card-holder fitting, mounted on the 3rd v.t.s outer leg, is probably not original as it is unplated.

  • Date:
    Circa 1919
  • Maker:
    Besson & Co [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    London/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:480; bell 118.