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Valve trumpet.

Technical description: Brass with german silver garland, outer slides, ferrules, stays, stay plates, water-key, and valve components. Long shank. Adjustable rest for R0. Double water-key with single touchpiece, fitting for music-card holder.; Nominal pitch: F.; ; ; ; ; Usable pitch: Probably built for use at circa A?=|440|Hz.;

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  • Inscriptions:Inscribed on garland "Fournisseurs de la Cour Imp. et Roy. V.F. C*verveny*/ & Fils à Königgrätz."; stamped on 1st valve exit ferrule "13181".
  • 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 427; bell 128.; Sounding length: minimum 1800.; Bore: shank at c|60mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.7; main tuning-slide from 522mm to 798mm from mouthpiece receiver (with shank), m.t.s. bore 11.05; at 900mm from bell end, c|11.5; valve cluster from 1043mm to 1169mm from mouthpiece receiver (with shank), v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) 11.65; at c|309mm from bell end, 16.25; at 12mm from bell end, 73.B|=|0.76.Bell cutoff |1600|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.45 - 10.75.