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Alto horn, bell up, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch

Alto horn, bell up, E-flat, high pitch / low pitch

Date: 1919 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King
Serial No: 46338
SignedEngraved on bell within circle and floral design: KING / MADE BY / THE H. N. WHITE CO. / CLEV'D / O.
MarkingsStamped on second valve casing: -"KING"- / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV'D O. / 46338
Stamped on main tuning slide: 46338
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsBell diameter: 202mm
Primary bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, "A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments…," (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), 104-105.
Object number: 00541