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Tenor horn, B-flat
Maker: F. Besson
Distributor: Carl Fischer
Date: 1875-1880 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Place Distributed:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: 34444
SignedStamped on bell: (in banner) 31 MEDALS OF HONOUR / FB (monogram) / F. BESSON / BREVETÉ / 198. EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / [five-pointed star]
Engraved on bell: C. Fischer./ 6. 4TH Av. N. Y. / Sole Agent U. States
Engraved on bell: C. Fischer./ 6. 4TH Av. N. Y. / Sole Agent U. States
MarkingsStamped on valve casings and stems, respectively: 16 17 18
Stamped on first valve casing, in oval: F. BESSON / [five-pointed star] / BREVETEE / 34444
Stamped on first valve casing, in oval: F. BESSON / [five-pointed star] / BREVETEE / 34444
DescriptionBrass. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 635 mm
Bell diameter: 230 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 12.5 mm (0.493 in)
Bell diameter: 230 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 12.5 mm (0.493 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
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Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson. Catalog of the Nineteenth-Century British Brass Instruments In The Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Morgantown, West Virginia: West Virginia University, 1974, pp. 117-120.
Object number: 00433