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Hunting horn, E-flat
Date: 1880 ca.
Place Made:England, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsScraped owner's initials alongside the horn part: H I B B A T [?]
DescriptionVery slightly curved animal horn, artificially straightened, silver ferrule, garland, and mouthpiece.
Mouthpiece fixed to instrument, deep cup-shaped with flat rim.
Follows the tradition of the fox-hunting horn.
Mouthpiece fixed to instrument, deep cup-shaped with flat rim.
Follows the tradition of the fox-hunting horn.
DimensionsHeight: 482 mm
Bell Diameter: 58 mm
External diameter mouthpiece: 27.6 mm
Internal diameter mouthpiece: 18.3 mm
Depth: ca. 20 mm
Throat diameter: 4.1 mm
Bell Diameter: 58 mm
External diameter mouthpiece: 27.6 mm
Internal diameter mouthpiece: 18.3 mm
Depth: ca. 20 mm
Throat diameter: 4.1 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
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. 204, 268.
Object number: 07329