Alto horn, bell up, E-flat
Trade Name
Goumat & Co.
Date1918-1930 ca.
Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Europe
Place DistributedParis, France, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: GOUMAT & Co. / [fleur-de-lis] / FULLY / WARRANTYMarkingsStamped on leadpipe: CZECHO / SLOVAKIA
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 67 68 69
Stamped on second valve casing: 6
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 546 mm (21-1/2 in)
Bell diameter: 200 mm (7-7/8 in)
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. 177.
Gary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 364-365.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01977
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