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Cornet
Cornet made entirely of brass with a detachable bell section and three piston valves of Berlin type, in which the inlet and outlet for the valve tubing is arranged on the same plane as the main tubing. The valves have cork bumpers and nickel-silver buttons.
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1846 - Maker:
Adolphe Sax & Cie [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
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- Inscriptions:Engraved on bell section: Adolphe Sax & Cie,, à Paris ,, 3659 ,,|Engraved on bell: [AS monogram]
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.232.11 Valve horns with narrow bore, with short air column (less than 2 m)
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Bell section: Length: 372mm; Bell diameter: 127mm; Sounding length: 490mm. Valve section: Length: 380mm; Height: 120mm; Width: 85mm; Sounding length: 715mm (part missing from 1st valve casing for connecting)