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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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1to place the holes in the pumps at a greatly diminished vertical interval. This "oval bore" has been employed by different makers at various times, and is popular with some professional players on account of the rapidity of the shake it allows of, which is nearly as rapid as that obtained by a cylinder action.
3Lent by Messrs. Rudall, Carte and Co.
5436.
7EUPHONION, in B♭. By Boosey & Co. With four compensating pistons. Used both for harmonies and as a solo instrument in military and brass bands.
9Lent by Messrs. Boosey and Co.
11437.
13EUPHONION. With five valves. By Besson & Co. The valve system is that usually applied to four-valve instruments. The fifth valve lowers the pitch a semitone, and thus is useful as a transposer, transposing instantaneously a semitone lower. The use of this extra valve allows too of the production of certain notes, i.e. B♭ and C♯, that do not exist upon the ordinary four-valved instruments. By the help of the fifth valve certain scales, usually difficult or impossible, are of easy execution; while the intonation of the notes,
15usually sharp, is corrected.
17Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
19EUPHONION. WITH FIVE VALVES.
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