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Trumpet, 2 valves, Nominal pitch: F.

Technical description: Brass body and valves, copper bell section only; brass garland. The sounding length is short for an instrument in F so it may have been intended to be used with a shank adding c100mm for F and with crooks for lower pitches. R1: semitone valve., R2: two-semitone valve. Valve type: 2 Stölzel valves. Repair History: The main tuning-slide may have been shortened.

  • Date:
    1839-1852
  • Maker:
    Gisborne [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    Birmingham/West Midlands/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:370; bell 117.