Single horn, E-flat, right-hand fingered
ALTERNATE NAME(S)
- French horn
Maker
Ernst Albert Couturier
Date1918-1929 ca.
Place MadeLa Porte, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No.6004
SignedEngraved on bell: CONICAL / BORE / PAT’D / E. A. Couturier Co / LAPORTE / INDMarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: PAT’D / SEPT.23-13
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves, configured for right-hand operation.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 335 mm
Bell diameter of bell: 305 mm
Primary 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.
Gary Moege, "A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection," (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), p. 40-42, plate V#2.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01006
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