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Alto horn, E-flat
Maker: Saporetti and Cappelli
Date: 1904-1940 ca.
Place Made:Florence, Italy, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on bell: [five-petal leaf] / SAPORETTI / E / CAPPELLI / FIRENZE / [five-petal leaf]
MarkingsStamped inside lower valve caps, respectively: 49, 50, 51
Stamped on vaious valve parts: 14
Stamped on clock-spring support bar: 9
Stamped on vaious valve parts: 14
Stamped on clock-spring support bar: 9
DescriptionBrass, German silver, double loop, upright bell, tuning slide at bottom first bow, curved fixed leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), three-point-wing device, one stop pin, clock-spring return.
The firm Saporetti & Cappelli is recorded in Florence from 1904 until after 1940. In 1940, the firm stopped production of brasswind instruments and only did repairs and sold musical instruments.
The firm Saporetti & Cappelli is recorded in Florence from 1904 until after 1940. In 1940, the firm stopped production of brasswind instruments and only did repairs and sold musical instruments.
DimensionsHeight: 549 mm
Tube length: 2015 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.2 mm, 11.2–11.7 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 195 mm
Tube length: 2015 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11.2 mm, 10.2 mm, 11.2–11.7 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 195 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1989 from Norman Bartold, Palmdale, Califonia.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
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. 191-193, 305.
Object number: 06969