Baritone Antoniophone, B-flat, A, high pitch
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- baritone horn
- Basse Antoniophone, Sib
Maker
Antoine Courtois & Mille
Date1878-1889
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedStamped on bell to be read with bell up: ANTONIOPHONE / BASSE SI[flat sign] / [circle] (stamped inside circle is: MÉDAILLE / de / 1RE CLASSE / EXPOSITION / UNIVERSELLE / 1855) / Médaille / Londres 1862 / Exposition Universelle / Paris 1867 / Médaille d'Honneur / EN ARGENT / [small, single, solid line] / ANTOINE COURTOIS & MILLE / MILLE SR / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL / (in script) 88 rue des Marais St. Martin / Paris / [small, single, solid line] / 1ER PRIX / GRANDE MÉDAILLE D'OR / EXPOSITION DE MOSCOU 1872 / & MÉDAILLE D'OR PARIS 1878 / [small, single, solid line] / J. HOWARD FOOTE / Sole U.S. agent / (in script) New York and Chicago.MarkingsValve stems and outer valve casings stamped: “1” (first valve), “2” (second valve), “3” (third valve), and “4” (fourth valve).
DescriptionLacquered brass, figure-8 or S-shaped body. U-shaped main tuning slide expanding down from top coil. Fixed leadpipe. Four bottom-sprung Périnet valves with mother-of-pearl touchpieces. Fourth valve activating switch to A. Single water key on main tuning slide.
The Antoniophone was named after its inventor, Antoine Courtois, who presented it in 1867 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. The Antoniophone was introduced in the US by Alfred Phasey Jr., who was a member of Patrick Gilmore's Band. This instrument is one of several surviving antioniophones that bear the name of Courtois's US agent, J. Howard Foote in New York.
DimensionsSounding length in B-flat (high pitch): 2712mm
Bell diameter: 247mm
ProvenanceCollected by Frank Holton for his personal collection, Chicago/Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. _Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heyday of the Cornet_. Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022 (p. 245)
Credit LineGift of Conn-Selmer, Inc., 2008
Object number13942
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