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Brass instrument automation

Patent drawing of a cornet showing a coiled brass tube with a stationary casing housing a perforated revolving barrel above rows of keys, valves, and springs, with enlarged mechanical details of the ratchet, pawl, and stop-pin assembly in side figures.

IMPROVEMENT IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.Antonio L. Mora · July 23, 1872

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