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Trompe contrebasse Nominal pitch: 28-ft|D.
Millereau
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Alternative Title
Trompe contrebasse
Instrument
Hunting horn
Instrument Family
Wind
Maker
Millereau
Place Made
Paris
;
Europe
;
France
;
Western Europe
Date Made
Circa 1900
Description
Technical description: 7*three-quarter coils; brass. Metal construction: mouthpipe, 8 intermediate segments and bell, terraced joints; wired bell rim, no garland.
Notes
R. Parks, 21.4.07.
Measurements
748; corpus diameter c 450; bell 324.
Provenance
on loan to the Collection.
Collection
MIMEd
Accession Number
5710
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