Detail View: MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh): Tuba. Nominal pitch: B♭ (Adolphe Sax) : QUARTER VIEW-QBL
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Work Record ID:
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0034689
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ID Number:
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3229
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Title:
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Tuba. Nominal pitch: B♭.
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Title Notes:
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3 valves.
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Imprint:
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The contrabass saxhorn is virtually the same instrument as the bass tuba. Lent by The National War Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle.
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Creator:
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Sax, Adolphe
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Date:
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1868
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Description:
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Technical description: Brass. Valve type: 3 hybrid Périnet-type valves; alignment by slot on bottom of piston and pin screwed through casing.
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Measurement:
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996; bell 300.
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Measurement:
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minimum 5270.
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Measurement:
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mouthpipe (minimum bore) 14.0; centre of valve cluster at c|323mm from mouthpiece receiver, bore in piston straight-through coquilles (1,2,3) 16.5; m.t.s. at c|640mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning-slide bore c|21; m.t.s. at c|1480mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning-slide bore c|25; 2635mm from bell end, c|45.0; c|1820mm from bell end, 63.6. B|=|0.33.Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 15.2 - 14.5.
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Production Place:
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Paris
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Production Place:
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Europe
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Production Place:
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France
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Production Place:
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Western Europe
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Repository:
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MIMEd
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Repro Link ID:
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0034689d-0001
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Repro File Type:
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Derivative JPEG
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Repro Title:
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Tuba. Nominal pitch: B♭ (Adolphe Sax) : QUARTER VIEW-QBL
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Repro Creator Name:
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Raymond Parks
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Repro Rights Statement:
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© The University of Edinburgh
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Repro Publication Status:
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Full public access
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