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Natural horn
Double-coiled natural horn made entirely of brass with a main tuning-slide and three additional crooks. The bell seam has a triangular gusset.
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first half of 19th century - Maker:
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Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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England (?) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on small plate on the main tuning slide brace: Bo2|Stamped on mouthpiece receiver shank of crooks: Go1 Eo2
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.22 End-blown labrosones with curved or folded tubes, with mouthpiece
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Corpus diameter: 280mm; Bell diameter: 300mm; Sounding length: 2270mm; Triple-coiled crook: 1653mm; Go1 crook: 807mm (single coil); Eo2 crook: 1400mm (double coiled)