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Tenor horn.
Technical description: Brass with german silver garland, ferrules, bow guard, stays, and valve parts. Oval form; ring for R0 mounted on bell spout. With water-key on main tuning-slide and with fitting for music-card holder on mouthpipe.; Nominal pitch: E?.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|440|Hz.;
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Early 20th century - Maker:
Max Höllinger. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Wernitzgrün, Saxony. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
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- Inscriptions:Engraved on garland "Max Höllinger / Wernitzgrün i.S."; and on garland at rear "Turun kaupungen Palokunta"; engraved on bell "A/B. R.E.|Westerlund o/y. / Helsingfors - Helsinki".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.2 Valve horns with wider bore
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from highest edge of bell to bow guard flange 620; bell 199.; Sounding length: minimum 2018.; Bore: mouthpipe at 33mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 11.1; valve cluster from 309mm to 404mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.1; main tuning-slide from 404mm to 683mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s bore 11.5; at 1009mm from bell end, c|14.6; at c|825mm from bell end, 20.7.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 12.05 - 11.4.