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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, in C. By Moritz. This instrument is in shape very similar to No. 447, but has not the chromatic attachment described.
3Lent by the Grossherzogliches Museum in Darmstadt.
5453.
6VALVE FRENCH HORN. With upright bell, as formerly used in the Russian Army. By Gustav Besson. Length 25½ inches.
7Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
9454.
10BARYTONE. French regulation pattern. Remarkable only for the poorness of its design.
11Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
13455.
14TRUMPET. Ovoid shape. By Hatsany, 1840. The tubing of this trumpet is wound in a flat convolute of oval plan, in order to shorten the length of the instrument. An additional length of tubing, brought into use by the depression of a valve, lowers the pitch a tone. Length 1 foot 2½ inches.
15Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
17456.
18SLIDE TROMBONE (ALTO), in F. With one piston, lowering the instrument a fourth, in order to facilitate the production of the notes usually gained by the employment of the seventh position. By Gustav Besson. Length 1 foot 11 inches.
19Lent by Messrs. Besson and Co.
21457.
22In order to show in detail the construction of some of the most important valve actions that have been used from time to time upon brass instruments, the following models were exhibited:—
231. A model of the action generally attributed to Stölzel, and consisting of two pistons only, both being of an exceedingly small bore.
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