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Natural horn
Triple-coiled, natural horn made entirely of brass in four sections of tube plus the bell tube. Two-piece bell with transversal seam. Nickel-silver mouthpiece with silver plated rim. Nominal pitch: 14-foot D. This instrument is part of the Albert C. Spencer collection.
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19th century - Maker:
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Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton - Inventory number:
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:Royal Pavilion and Museums Brighton
- Measurements:Corpus diameter: 405mm; Bell diameter: 265mm; Sounding length: 4505mm