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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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1employed at a previous date in the German army. The saxtrombas formed a complete family, but only that in \( E \flat \) or \( F \), which was used to replace the horn in military bands, remained in practical use. Of a somewhat similar nature is the Koenig horn, constructed by Courtois in 1855, and still used in many military bands, and the more recent tenor cor, and cornophone.
3Of very similar construction are the tenor-tubas, in \( B \flat \), for which Wagner has written in his "Nibelungen Tetralogie." Of a compass, lying between the 2nd and 12th harmonics inclusive, they were in proportion somewhat similar to the horn, and were intended to be played by a horn mouthpiece. They had four valves, and a vertical bell turned towards the right of the player. The valves gave upon the tenor-tubas (not the bass), a half tone, one tone, one and a half tones, and two tones. The description of them here given has been gathered from an article of the Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau (published at Leipzig), of Nov. 1st, 1884.
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7TRUMPET, in C. This curious looking instrument is one of the earliest valve trumpets in existence. The valves are in square boxes; the pistons consist of square blocks of solid brass, the wind passages being bored in them; there are two passages in the same horizontal plane. The extra tubing is calculated to lower the pitch of the instrument a semitone, and a tone, respectively, for each valve. Total length 1 foot 11\( \frac{1}{2} \) inches. Plate X., fig. C.
9Lent by the Conservatoire Royal de Musique, Brussels.
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13CORNET, with two pistons, in A. The bore is exceedingly small, being only .38 inches in diameter. The valves are of very early pattern, being of the construction attributed to Stölzel and Blümel. The first valve lowers the pitch of the instrument a semitone, the second valve lowers it a tone. The wind-way entering by the bottom of the first valve leaves by the bottom of the second, thus necessitating several right-angled turns. Engraved "C. Saxe, Bruxelles." Plate XI., fig. B.
15Lent by the Conservatoire Royal de Musique, Brussels.
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