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Alto horn, bell up, E-flat

Alto horn, bell up, E-flat

Maker: Franz Pelz
Date: 1878-1917 ca.
Place Made:Austria-Hungary, Europe
Place Made:Kolinê, Bohemia, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on nickel-silver plaque attached to bell: FRAN. PELZ / V / KOLINĚ
MarkingsScore marks on valve support bar, corresponding to first, second, and third valves.
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver trim and bell garland. Three, double-piston Vienna valves with clock-spring mechanism.
DimensionsHeight: 630 mm
Bell diameter: 215 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 286-287.
Object number: 01280