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Single horn, F, high pitch

Single horn, F, high pitch

Alternate name:French horn
Date: 1904-1916 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedEngraved in the bell, inside laurel wreath with bow and ribbons: R Wunderlich / Maker / Chicago
MarkingsScratched letters in the bell signature: C W / H
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver valve mechanisms. Three rotary valves with mechanical linkages.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 335 mm
Bell diameter: 305 mm
Primary bore: 12 mm

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesMoege, Gary. A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum (DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985) 40-41, plate V, no. 1.
Object number: 00662