Bass trumpet, B-flat
Alternate name(s)
- Tenor horn, B-flat
Maker
Fritz Horst
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeAltona near Hamburg, Germany, Europe
ModelBerlin model
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell within laurel wreath: Fritz Horst / AltonaMarkingsStamped on valve parts: 6 [or 9]
Engraved at replacement ferrule: 15
DescriptionBrass, German silver, double loop, bell front, tuning slide at narrow second bow after valve section, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), horseshoe stop, clock-spring return.
Fritz Horst was a maker and dealer of brass instruments. He established his workshop in 1885 and is recorded until 1934. Therefore, the present tenor horn could either have been made by Horst, following a model by Moritz in Berlin, or it could have been produced in Saxony and just sold by Horst in Altona. Wide-bore bass trumpets or tenor horns were preferred in Dresden for performances of works of Richard Wagner and others.
DimensionsHeight: 575 mm
Tube length: 2681 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 13.6 mm, 12.4 mm, 12.5–12.8 mm, 13.5 mm
Mid-bore diameter: 13.8 mm
Bell diameter: 228 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1989 from Lark in the Morning, Mendocino, 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. 194-196, 198-199, 306.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06968
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1900 ca.