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Ballad horns

Scope note

Concert pitch, nontransposing aerophones of conical bore, constructed in circular shape with three piston valves and the bell directed either upward or forward, usually played at 9 foot C pitch; invented around 1870 by one of the English Distin family, and intended for use by amateurs.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212179

Equivalent Terms used

ballad horn

Created

13yrs ago

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