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Technical description: Silver-plated brass; shank receiver leads directly to 1st valve; main tuning-slide pulls forwards; French bell rim. With rotary quick-change valve in bow of main tuning-slide. With water=keys on main and 3rds valve tuning-slides; with finger-hook for R4.; Nominal pitch: B?|.|A.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|452.4|Hz.;
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
C.|Mahillon &|Co. - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell with five-pointed star / "C.|MAHILLON &|CO / LONDON" / five-pointed star; on 2nd valve casing "1180".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.233.1 Valve trumpets with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 465; bell 111.; Sounding length: minimum 1294.; Bore: shank at c|50mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 9.85; valve cluster from 193mm to 293mm from mouthpiece receiver (with shank), v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 9.95; main tuning-slide from 293mm to 612mm from mouthpiece receiver (with shank), m.t.s. bore 9.95; at 647mm from bell end, c|10.1; at c|282mm from bell end, 14.3; at 14mm from bell end, 65.B|=|0.75 (ib B?).Bell cutoff |1600|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 10.2 - 9.9.