Single horn, F, E-flat
Alternate name(s)
- French horn
Distributor
Carl Fischer
Date1930-1940 ca.
Place MadeItaly, Europe
Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: CARL - FISCHER / NEW - YORKMarkingsStamped on mouthpiece receiver: MADE IN ITALY
Stamped on valve support bar: 10
Stamped on touchpieces, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on rotors, bottom and top valve caps, valve plates, and stoppers, respectively: 37 38 39
Stamped on rotors, bottom and top valve caps, and valve plates: Y
DescriptionBrass. Three rotary valves with metal linkages.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 340 mm
Bell diameter: 315 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.0 mm (0.435 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum (DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985), 368-9.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01980
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