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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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2TRUMPET, with three crooks. By Courtois Frères. This trumpet is perfectly straight, and some five feet in length, and it was apparently made for effect in some procession or opera. Trumpets of very similar shape to this are employed by Verdi in the opera "Aida."
4Lent by the Grossherzogliches Museum, Darmstadt.
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7TRUMPET, in Eb. The tubes are brought together so as to be all grasped in one hand; there are bends or loops at the extremities, in order to prevent sharp turns in the wind-passage. Trumpets of this shape were employed in the Garde Impériale of the late Emperor Napoleon III.
9Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
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12WALKING-STICK TRUMPET. Of metal, covered with leather. When used as a trumpet, the ferrule at the lower end is unscrewed and a mouthpiece inserted; the handle also is removed, and replaced by a metal bell. This musical curiosity was invented by the late Mr. T. Harper some forty years ago.
14Lent by Messrs. Köhler and Son.
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17ALP HORN. Made of red willow and bound with white willow. It is mounted with horn and curved upwards at the bell end, this shape being peculiar to the Bernese Oberland. The present specimen was constructed in the woods of Lauterbrunnen by Fritz von Almen, one of the few peasant makers still living. It is in Bb. The natural harmonics used are
19sounding a whole tone lower. Length 10 feet. 19th century.
21Lent by the Rev. F. W. Galpin, M.A., F.L.S.
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