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Single horn, F
Single horn, F
Single horn, F

Single horn, F

Alternate name(s)
  • French horn
Date1920-1925 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No.25206
SignedStamped on bell: Made / by the / Boston / Musical Instrument / Company
MarkingsStamped on bell below signature: U S Q M C
Stamped on valve assembly support: 7 / 7
Stamped inside the bottom valve caps, bottom of rotors, valve holder plate, bottom of upper valve cap, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped inside the bottom valve caps, bottom of rotors, valve holder plate, bottom of upper valve cap: 77
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three rotary valves with string linkages.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 320 mm
Bell diameter: 310 mm
Primary bore: 11.5 mm

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, “A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), 244-245.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01073
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