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Technical description: Brass; straight, german silver rolled over bell rim; long german silver mouthpipe sheath.; Nominal pitch: 4½-ft B♭.; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A₄=|460|Hz.
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Late 19th or early 20th century - Maker:
Henry Keat & Sons - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.12 End-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "HY. KEAT & SONS / LONDON / MADE IN ENGLAND".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.12 End-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 1229; bell 106.; Sounding length: 1229.; Bore: at c|20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore), 8.3; at 615mm from bell end, c|12.0; at c|224mm from bell end, 17.0; at 16mm from bell end, 65.75.B|=|0.58.Bell cutoff |1500|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.05 - 8.3.