20,532 torthaí laistigh de Eagraíocht University of Edinburgh

Technical description: Brass; ligature fitting on bell section at joint; stockings on main slides. Bell with one coil, angled to face forwards. Repair History: Main slide possibly not original (tenon of slide section of joint is tapered, bell section join…

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keys. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece of dark wood with long tenon and short table; grooved for cord; unstamped but contemporary. Barrel high-wais…

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Barrel waisted. Upper section: speaker liner projects into bore; wood under touchpiece for cross E?4/B?5 partially r…

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Barrel: English type, waisted, bored for long-tenon mouth…

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Four pieces: mouthpiece, upper section (includes barrel), lower section, bell. Speaker liner projects 6mm into bore. Thumb hole lined with a brass tube to prevent water from dripping ou…

Technical description: Boxwood with brass ferrules and keywork. Two sections, barrel, bell and mouthpiece. Standard Boehm system but B? touchpiece for L3 is an alternative lever opening B? key for R1. L0: T + ring F4/C?6; speaker. L1: T + ring F?4; throat…

Technical description: Brass body and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Instrument unfinished. Most tone holes not drilled out. Several keys missing. Only 5 keys or part keys fitted. L0: T; speaker. L1: T; throa…

Technical description: Cocus wood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece [not original], barrel [not original], upper section, lower section, bell. Simple system with patent C sharp. Mouthpiece and barrel in ebonite. Speaker on t…

Technical description: Cocus with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell.Ebonite mouthpiece with a long table. Long slightly bulbous barrel.Upper section: speaker liner at the front of the i…

Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keys. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Ebonite mouthpiece with a long table (Buffet/Crampon) and german silver ligature and reed cap. Slim barrel, slightl…

Technical description: Stained boxwood with ivory ferrules, ivory bell-rim, and brass keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Mouthpiece dark wood, long tenon, full-length table, grooved for cord. (possible not origin…

Technical description: Camphor wood; painted black and gold.

Technical description: Copper shell made from three sheets seamed together; release hole in bottom of bowl; metal reinforcing frame inside. Tuning T-handle on side at end of a metal shaft with two screw threads of opposite sense inside the bowl; two woode…

Technical description: Brass shell with rolled edge at each end, relieved on the snare (lower) end at two points where snares are fitted under the counter-hoop. Rope tension; ten buffs. Wooden counter-hoops of lapped nailed construction; 6 gut snares held…

Technical description: Silver-plated brass. 4-valve `Enharmonic' system: mouthpipe leads to 3rd valve, 1st and 2nd valves double with respect to 3rd valve; 4th valve compensating with respect to 3rd valve. 2 water-keys, one on main tuning-slide. Screw…

Technical description: Rosewood, the barrel and upper body in one piece; plain german silver ferrules; thumb rest slightly shaped. There are ten plungers on the right hand side of the instrument, out of the way of the keys and the fingers (Binda's pat…

Technical description: Brass; windway through valves (3,2,1); with crook for A? only. Valve type: 3 Stölzel valves with spring inside hollow stem; alignment by guide pin which also locates lower end of spring; wax partitions. Repair History: 1st and 2nd v…

Technical description: Brass; with clapper key. Shank for B? only. Valve type: 3 Stölzel valves with spring inside sleeve; alignment by key on sleeve, and square stem; metal partitions. Repair History: The shank for B? is a modern replacement: the origina…

Technical description: Cavalry drum with copper shellsides perforated with five groups each of four ¼-inch perforations in a diamond pattern below the rim of the drum instead of a release hole in the base of the shell; ferrous metal reinforcing frame insi…

Technical description: Cavalry drum with copper shellsides perforated with five groups each of four ¼-inch perforations in a diamond pattern below the rim of the drum instead of a release hole in the base of the shell; ferrous metal reinforcing frame insi…

Technical description: Boxwood with brass keywork and integral wooden and brass ferrules. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys and integral bell. Levers for L4, tone-hole…

Technical description: Rosewood with silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Curved speaker with chimney on front of the instrument. Long-tailed British throat A? key. Rollers on cross keys. 14 key…

Technical description: Boxwood with ivory ferrules and brass keywork. Six pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, middle section for the fingers of the right hand, lower section with keys, bell. Original ebony mouthpiece grooved for cord. All cross key…

Technical description: Blackwood with german silver ferrules and keywork. Five pieces: mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell. Throat B? vent from A key. Extra vent for throat F? on L2. Plate for R1 with a connection to upper section closi…