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Post horn
This instrument was presented to the Kneller Hall band by BT. Major J. B. Gawthorpe on his retirement. It is a straight post horn made of a two-piece silver-plated brass tube with a flared bell joined through a ligature screw joint.
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1931 - Maker:
Hawkes & Son [Corporation] - Collection:
Museum of Army Music - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:423.121.12 End-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on bell: b / HAWKES & SON / MAKERS / LONDON / PRESENTED TO THE BAND / BY / BT. MAJOR J. B. GAWTHORPE / ON HIS RETIREMENT / 25-9-31|Incised on ferrules: 03
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:423.121.12 End-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece
- Repository:Museum of Army Music
- Measurements:Height: 670mm; Bell diameter: 89mm