Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/3324
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	post horn
Subject
	423.121.22
Publisher
	Franz Hirschberg
Breslau, Poland
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Date
	late 19th c.
Type
	German
Format
	13.4 in. width
.43 in. diameter of bore
4.7 in. diameter of bell
Identifier
	6166
Source
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Germany
Alternative Title
	Posthorn
	cornet de poste
	cornet de poste
	Fürst Pless
Medium
	metal - sheet
	metal
	leather - tanned
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Air cavity design for aerophones
	tubular - conical with flaring open distal end
Source and direction of airstream
	player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	lip reed (player’s lips) placed over cup mouthpiece at end of tube
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	none
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	overblowing at consecutive partials
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - selecting partials of a single cavity’s fundamental through overblowing
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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