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Double horn, F, B-flat
Alternate name:French horn
Maker: C. G. Conn, Ltd.
Date: 1924 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No: 214636
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN Ltd. / ELKHART, IND / U.S.A.
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 19 20 21
Stamped on F primary tuning slide ferrule: F
Stamped on B-flat primary tuning slide: Bb
Stamped on valve-saddle mounting bridge: MADE IN GERMANY
Stamped on F primary tuning slide ferrule: F
Stamped on B-flat primary tuning slide: Bb
Stamped on valve-saddle mounting bridge: MADE IN GERMANY
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver trim. Three rotary valves with string linkages. Piston change valve.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 320 mm
Bell diameter: 310 mm
Primary bore (F): 11.7 mm
Primary bore (B-flat): cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 310 mm
Primary bore (F): 11.7 mm
Primary bore (B-flat): cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 142-143.
Object number: 00927