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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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1chromatic scale. The notes which the keys give vary of course with the crook or tuning bit employed. The fundamental note
3is not employed. The lowest note employed is g. When the trumpet was crooked in D, which was frequently the case, the keys gave the following intervals, and of course their respective harmonics. The first key is that nearest the bell of the instrument.
5Total length 17 inches.
7Lent by the Conservatoire Royal de Musique, Brussels.
9354.
11KEYED TRUMPET (Bass), in G. This instrument is of brass, and has six flat brass keys, on pillars, which complete the chromatic scale. There is also a tuning slide. It is stamped "Picolet et Benoit, à Lyons," and dates from about 1830. The fundamental is
13but its compass does not extend below the second harmonic. The instrument therefore is exactly an octave lower than No. 353. The sixth key is required only when the trumpet is crooked in a lower key.
15Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
17355.
19KEY BUGLE, in c'. Halliday's model. This interesting specimen is one of the earliest instruments of the kind made, and bears the mark of its inventor. It is of copper, and has six flat brass keys, working upon saddles. It is stamped "Royal patent Kent Bugle. Halliday, Inventor. Made by P. Turton, 5 Wormwood Gate, Dublin." The length of the model is 17 inches. Total length of tubing, including
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