Bass bersag horn. Nominal pitch: 9-ft B♭.
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InstrumentBersag horn |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerGeorge Potter & Co |
Place MadeAldershot ; United Kingdom ; England ; Europe |
Date MadeCirca 1915 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Brass, wired bell rim; three-coil bell-forward wrap; simple tuning-shank (overall length 189) without ligature restraint (friction fit). The valve loop with forward-pulling tuning-slide. With finger-hook for R4; no water-key; no fitting for music-card holder. Valve type: 1 Périnet valve. |
NotesA. Myers (measurements) 17.4.22; (description) 26.11.22. |
Measurementsfrom plane of bell to mouthpiece receiver 435; bell 181. |
ProvenanceEx- Frank Tomes collection 41, bought October 1969 from Thos. Reynolds Senr. (Manchester). ; on loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number6631 |