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Technical description: Silver-plated brass; with loop of dummy tubing extending almost the full length of the instrument forwards towards the bell and backwards towards the mouthpiece receiver. No water-key. With three rings for banner on top of bell pipe (and extension of bell pipe into dummy tubing).; Nominal pitch: 4½-ft B?.; Type or system: 3 valves, long wrap.; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|446|Hz.;

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped on bell "W. BROWN & SONS / Makers / 2 TRACEY STREET / KENNINGTON ROAD / LONDON"; on top caps "1", "2", "3". There is no serial number.
  • 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 mouthpiece receiver 860; bell 135.; Sounding length: minimum 1328.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|35mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.5; main tuning-slide from 396mm to 558mm from mouthpiece receiver, m.t.s. bore 11.45; valve cluster from 558mm to 644mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.45; at 664mm from bell end, c|11.55; at c|280mm from bell end, 16.35; at 22.5mm from bell end, 69.1.B|=|0.61.Bell cutoff |1300|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 9.45 - 8.75.