Clarinhorn, B-flat
Alternate name(s)
- Pikkolohorn
Maker
Hans Gillhaus
Date1985
Place MadeFreiburg in Bresigau, Germany, Europe
ModelF. X. Streitwieser
Serial No.36 N
SignedEngraved on bell: Hans Gillhaus / FreiburgMarkingsEngraved on receiver ferrule: Modell F. X. Streitwieser
Stamped on horizontal spiral-spring support bar and on underside of horizontal push rods: 36 N
Stamped on valve casings, underside of touch pieces and inner cover plates: 36
Lower valve caps stamped, respectively: 1, 2, 3, 4
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, double coil, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, four mechanical-linkage rotary valves (1, ½, 1½, 2½) with horseshoe stop and Cologne spiral-spring return, single water keys at third and fourth valves, windway 4-3-2-1.
Silver cornet mouthpiece, stamped: STORK CUSTOM
This instrument type was developed in 1977 by brass instrument maker Hans Gilhaus in Freiburg/Breisgau (Germany), in collaboration with trumpeter Franz Xaver Streitwieser. Intended for the performance of high horn parts of the baroque era, Streitwieser called the new instrument "clarinhorn" or piccolo horn, indicating that it has the same function as a modern piccolo trumpet. Streitwieser used the clarinhorn for the first time in 1978 in a performance of the fourth part of J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Freiburg/Breisgau. The clarinhorn has flugelhorn-like bell-dimensions and continues a long tradition of playing the highest horn parts in J.S. Bach's cantatas on a flugelhorn.
DimensionsHeight: 254 mm
Tube length: 1290 mm, 1299 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, valve slides): 9.9 mm, 8.6 mm, 10.8 mm
Bore diameter (tuning slide): 9 mm
Bell diameter: 138 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Franz Xaver Streitwieser, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1985.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06866
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