Post horn, B-flat
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Place PublishedAustria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on underside of the touchpieces, lower valve caps, and horizontal push rods: 18
DescriptionBrass, German silver, double coil, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return.
Typical South German or Austrian post horn with valves. Instruments of this type were offered, for example, by Anton Betzenhammer in Munich in 1879. A characteristic of South German, Saxon, and Austrian valved post horn models is the arrangement of the leadpipe at an acute angle to the bell. Post horns of this design were made and used in the postal service until the 1930s.
DimensionsHeight: 211 mm
Tube length: 1313 mm, 1319 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 10.7 mm, 9.9 mm, 10.7 mm (first and third valve), 10 mm (second valve)
Bore diameter tuning slide: 9.8 mm
Bell diameter: 107 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1987 from JNB Music, Palmdale, California.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 186, 190, 305.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06898
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1900 ca.