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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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1will. An instrument somewhat similar to this, made by Sax, is now in the Museum of the Conservatoire at Brussels.
3Lent by Messrs. Boosey and Co.
5447.
6HORN, with valve attachment. By Moritz. The valve attachment is placed just below the mouthpiece, and puts the instrument in B♭. The valves lower the pitch a semitone and a tone respectively. The total length of the tubing is 3 feet 11 inches, the instrument being shaped like a large U.
8Lent by the Grossherzogliches Museum in Darmstadt.
10448.
11FLÜGEL HORN (SOPRANO), in E♭. Formerly used in French bands, but abandoned in 1850, as being too fatiguing to blow.
13Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
15449.
16TRUMPET, in E♭. With removeable chromatic attachment. Exhibited in the 1851 Exhibition. Length 1 foot 6 inches.
18Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
20450.
21TRUMPET, in E♭, three valves. Formerly used in French cavalry bands. The instrument is practically only an ordinary chromatic trumpet; the bell is placed upright, like that of a modern euphonion. Length 2 feet 1 inch.
23Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
25451.
26QUARTETT OF FLÜGEL HORNS. Used formerly by the bands of the French Chasseurs à pied.
28Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
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