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Hornbostel-Sachs (classification)

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... > Aerophones > Wind instruments proper > Labrosones (or lip-reed instruments) > Chromatic labrosones > Labrosones with valves > Valve horns > Valve horns with wider bore > Valve horns with wider bore and with crooks

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423.232.2-4Valve horns with wider bore and with crooks   Link to MIMO collections

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  • The air itself is the vibrator in the primary sense. The standing waves are significantly confined within the instrument itself. The air-stream passes through the player's vibrating lips, so gaining intermittent access to the air column which is to be made to vibrate. The tubular body has a wider bore profile that is intermediate between conical and cylindrical. The body can be lengthened or shortened by connecting or disconnecting auxiliary lengths of tube. With lengths of tube (crooks etc.) to set nominal pitches preparatory to playing. (en)

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  • 423.232.2-4

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/HornbostelAndSachs/6504

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