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Post horn, B-flat, A, A-flat
Maker: John Webb
Date: 1987
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: 35
SignedStamped on bell: WEBB · LONDON
MarkingsStamped on back of bell: 35
DescriptionBrass; straight tubing throughout; French rim; tuning slide at leadpipe.
Reproduction of an English post horn with cornet-like bore profile, as supposed to the conical English coach horn.
Reproduction of an English post horn with cornet-like bore profile, as supposed to the conical English coach horn.
DimensionsHeight/Tube length: 1316 m
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 9.2 mm
Bell diameter: 102 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 9.8 mm, 9.2 mm
Bell diameter: 102 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1990 from Scott Sorenson, Burnsville, Minnesota.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 206, 266.
Object number: 07022