John Shore
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This article is about the trumpeter (1662-1752). For the Sheffield banker (1744-1832), see John Shore (banker). For the 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751-1834), see John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth.
John Shore (c. 1662 – 1752) was an English trumpeter. He invented the tuning fork in 1750. Shore was Sergeant Trumpeter to the court, who had parts specifically written for him by both George Frideric Handel and Henry Purcell.[1]
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- ^ Watkins Shaw, ‘Shore, John (c.1662–1752)’, rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 20 Dec 2007
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