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Bore: main tuning-slide, m.t.s bores 11.5 - 11.65; valve cluster, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.75; Technical description: Silver-plated brass, 'shepherd's crook' bellpipe; French bell rim. Main tuning-slide with moving proximal outer and distal inner. Two water-keys, before and after main tuning-slide, with single touchpiece mounted on a bridge with a leaf spring attached to touchpiece and running in a channel on the mount.With fitting for music-card holder.With shank for B?.; Nominal pitch: B? / A.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|452.4|Hz before alteration.;
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1880-86 - Maker:
William Hillyard. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "W.|HILLYARD / Maker / 61 & 62 High St. / Bloomsbury / London / 2269"; stamped on valve casings, spring guides on pistons, top and bottom caps "7", "8", "9".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 320; bell 123.; Sounding length: ; Bore: