DescriptionOverall size: 366; bell 131.
Sounding length: minimum 1098; tuning shank overall length 98.
Bore: mouthpipe at c 40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.1; centre of valve cluster at c 152mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 10.3; 549mm from bell end, c 17.4; c 318mm from bell end, 24.6.
Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 10.7 10.2.
Technical description: Brass. Ligature tuning at mouthpipe.
Valve type: 3 rotary valves, cork buffers mounted on rotors.
Inscribed on bell on added elliptical plate "MUSIK UNION / INH. HUGO LÖWIN / Sämtliche Musikinstrumente / WIEN, XIV. Reindorfgasse 34"; on side of each valve housing "11".
Usable pitch: High pitch, tunable to A4 = 440 Hz.
Performance characteristics: 2nd natural note C4 is very flat.
Purchased by lender with but probably not formerly used with mouthpiece (1672). |