DescriptionOverall size: 648; corpus diameter 395; bell diameter 261 267.
Sounding length: mouthpipe length (including ferrule) 180; segment lengths, intermediate segments 760, 966, 960, 522, 375; bell segment 729.
Bore: 71.5mm from bell end, 100.
Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 7.6 6.7.
Technical description: 3½ coils; brass; inside of bell painted black. Metal construction: mouthpipe, 5 intermediate segments and bell, with overlapping joints except first and last joints (ferrule); wired bell rim, no garland. Bell flare external diameter at one bell diameter c 30.5.
Inscribed on bell "A.L. & CIE." surmounted by tuning fork within laurel wreath / seven overlapped medallions, the outer two bearing a laurel branch, the others respectively "PHILADELPHIE", "LYON", "PARIS / 1867 / 1878", "LIMA", "MELBOURNE" / "A.LECOMTE & CIE. / PARIS" / "6" within bell flower.
Usable pitch: Plays at A4 = 435 440 Hz. |