Circular alto horn, E-flat, low pitch
Distributor
Conn Kansas City Co.
Date1927-1928 ca.
Place DistributedKansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
Place MadeElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelLiberty / Pan American 20 E-4
Serial No.63962
SignedEngraved on bell: LIBERTY / CONN / FACTORY BRANCH / KANSAS CITY, MO.MarkingsStamped on right side of second valve casing: 63962
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionBrass, mother-of-pearl finger buttons, double loop, tuning slide after fixed L-shaped leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on piston (nickel-plated brass), single water key at main tuning slide, windway 1-2-3.
The difference between the circular alto horn and the mellphone is that the former is in the key of E-flat only, while the latter has other keys as well. The General Catalog “J” from November 1925 of the Pan-American Band Instrument & Case Co. in Elkhart, Indiana, offered a circular alto horn in the key of E-flat and a mellophone with several terminal crooks for a variety of keys. The Conn Kansas City Co. was a factory branch store established in 1924. The instruments sold in this store were made by The Pan American Band Instrument & Case Co. in Elkhart, Indiana.
DimensionsHeight: 423 mm
Tube length: 2043 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 9.8 mm, 8.7 mm, 12.67 mm, 12.67 mm (0.499 inches)
Bell diameter: 262 mm (10 1/4 inches)
ProvenancePurchased from Richard Dundas, Rutland, Vermont, 1987.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), pp. 230-31, 296.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06931
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Pan American Band Instrument and Case Company, Division of C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1930-1933 ca.