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Cavalry trumpet.
Technical description: Brass, with garland; two coils, with two ferrule-covered joints; with ball.; Nominal pitch: E?.; ; ; ; ; ;
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Probably 1862 or soon after - Maker:
Henry Distin & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Inscriptions:Inscribed on bell "HENRY DISTIN & CO / MAKERS/ 9|&|10|GT NEWPORT ST / LEICESTER SQUARE / LONDON".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: from plane of bell to bow proximal 382; bell 118.; Sounding length: 1966.; Bore: mouthpipe at c|15mm from mouthpiece receiver (local minimum bore) 11.2; at 983mm from bell end, c|11.2; at c|303mm from bell end, 15.85; at 15.5mm from bell end, 68.7.B|=|0.82.Bell cutoff |1400|Hz.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.4 - 11.2 over 15mm.