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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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2HORN. With three pistons and four crooks. By Antoine Courtois. Of a similar model to preceding instrument, but with the addition of the third valve. Greatest length 44 inches, greatest width 21 1/2 inches.
4Lent by S. A. Chappell, Esq.
6430.
7TENOR SAXHORN, in Eb. With three light valves. By Boosey and Co.
8Lent by Messrs. Boosey and Co.
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11TENOR COR, in F, with Eb crook. With three light valves. By Boosey and Co.
13The tenor cor has a bell of the French horn type, though not quite so wide across the mouth. The mouth pipe of the instrument tapers down to fit a mouthpiece, the shank of which is, in size, between that of the French horn and tenor saxhorn. The cup of the mouth-piece is a deep cone, and this, combined with the taper of the instrument, results in producing a tone quality much resembling that of the French horn. Exact imitation is, of course, impossible, since the same notes upon the horn are related to a different fundamental, the eighth harmonic on the horn corresponding with the fourth upon this instrument.
15The tenor cor is an improvement upon the tenor saxhorn, which, being virtually a bugle, has too bold a tone to replace the horn. The Koenig horn, designed for the same purpose in 1855 by the player Koenig, and made by Antoine Courtois, was a saxhorn constructed in
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