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Baritone horn, bell front, B-flat, low pitch

Baritone horn, bell front, B-flat, low pitch

Date: 1908 ca.
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Serial No: 108716
SignedEngraved on bell: MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / -IND.-
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing, obscured by lacquer: S / 108716 / [Union Label] / (near bottom of casing) [two lines of obscured text or numbers]

Stamped on bell collar (on body): 95
Stampd on bell collar (on bell): Bb
Scratchd into bell, below "Bb" marking: 916
DescriptionBrass, lacquered later. Three Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 790 mm (31 in)
Bell diameter: 275 mm (10-3/4 in)
Primary bore (second valve slide): 14.0 mm (0.552 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesMary 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. 213.
Object number: 01376