Alto horn, bell up, E-flat
Maker
F. Besson
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1872-1880 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.34295
SignedStamped on bell: 31 MEDALS OF HONOUR (in banners) / FB (monogram) / F. BESSON / BREVETE / 198 EUSTON ROAD / LONDON / [five-pointed star]
Engraved on bell: C. Fischer / 6 4TH Av NY / Sole Agent U. States.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings and pistons, respectively: 10 11 12
Stamped on second valve casing, in an oval: F. BESSON / [five-pointed star] / BREVETE
Stamped on second valve casing: 34295
DescriptionBrass; with later lacquer. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 535 mm
Bell diameter: 180 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
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. 115-117.
Gary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments . . ., DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, page 82-83.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00432
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