Alto horn, bell up, E-flat, low pitch
Maker
Bohland & Fuchs
Distributor
Buescher Band Instrument Company
Date1903-1918 ca.
Place DistributedElkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Place MadeKraslice (Graslitz), Austria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: BUESCHER / BAND – INST – CO - / SALES – AGENT / ELKHART - IND
Stamped on second valve casing: B&FMarkingsStamped on valve casings: 7 8 9
Stamped on mouthpiece receiver: AUSTRIADescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver pistons and male slide tubes. Three bottom-sprung Perinet valves.DimensionsBell diameter: 230 mm (9 in)
Primary bore: 10.5 mm (0.413 in)
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), p. 252-253.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01090
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