Baritone horn, B-flat, low pitch
Maker
Ernst Albert Couturier
Date1921 ca.
Place MadeLa Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
ModelConical Bore
Serial No.6152
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by ornate floral design: CONICAL / BORE / PAT’D / E. A. COUTURIER CO. / LA PORTE / INDMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
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
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01072
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