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Single horn, B-flat

Alternate name(s)

French horn

Maker Thomas Boosey

Date1891-1895 ca.

Place MadeLondon, England, Europe

Serial No.39948

SignedStamped on bell: CLASS A . / [trumpet with banner and tassels] / TRADEMARK / BOOSEY / LIGHT VALVE / BOOSEY & CO / MAKERS / 295 REGENT STT / LONDON / 46191
MarkingsStamped above signature: BAND 1ST. H. V. B. Y. & L. REGT.
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 9 10
Stamped on second valve casing: [trumpet with banner and tassels] / 39948
DescriptionBrass. Two, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 310 mm
Bel diameter: 265 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.3 mm (0.445 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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. 110-112.

Gary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments . . ., DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, page 32-33, plate III #1.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number00434

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