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Baritone horn, B-flat, low pitch
Maker: Ernst Albert Couturier
Date: 1921 ca.
Place Made:La Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Conical Bore
Serial No: 6152
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate floral design: CONICAL / BORE / PAT’D / E. A. COUTURIER CO. / LA PORTE / IND
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 6152
Stamped on second valve casing: PAT'D / SEPT.23-13
Stamped on second valve casing: 6152
Stamped on second valve casing: PAT'D / SEPT.23-13
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Burnished bell interior. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 715 mm
Bell diameter: 285 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 285 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 4: The Heydey of the Cornet (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2022), p. 146.
Mary H. Larson, Catalog of the Baritones and Euphoniums in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1978, p. 206.
Mary H. Larson, Catalog of the Baritones and Euphoniums in the Arne B. Larson Collection of Musical Instruments, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1978, p. 206.
Object number: 01072