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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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2CONTRA-Bass, in B♭. With three compensating pistons. By Boosey and Co.
3Lent by Messrs. Boosey and Co.
5444.
6ANTONIOPHONE, or Snail Model. By Adolphe Sax. This curious-looking instrument is merely an ordinary bombardon; the tubing is arranged so that the instrument may resemble a snail shell as much as is possible, the valves, three in number, being in the centre of the coils. The bell is detachable, and the instrument can be played either with the bell uppermost, or under the arm, as that of a French horn.
7The shape was originally designed by the late Antoine Courtois, and was named after the inventor.
8Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
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11EUPHONION, with three pistons. The bell can be turned so as to throw the sound in any direction required. Instruments thus constructed were made by Gustav Besson, from 1851 to 1855, and called by him Neoform. The moveable bells were, however, made both by Courtois and by Adolphe Sax about the same period. The tubing of this instrument is wound round itself in snail fashion, the valve mechanism being inside. The extreme width is 20½ inches.
12Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
14446.
15TENOR SAXHORN, with seven distinct bells. Designed by the cornet player Distin, who used to play upon it at various places of entertainment. The instrument is said to have cost its designer in experiments and actual workmanship nearly £400! This extraordinary instrumental curiosity was made between 1860 and 1865. There are six (independent) ascending pistons, the system being that of Sax, described previously.
16There is also an echo bell, which can be used with any one of the pistons, by the depression of a supplementary valve, at the player's
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