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Alto horn, bell up, E-flat
Maker: Couesnon & Cie
Date: 1922 ca.
Place Made:Paris, Chateau-Thierry, France, Europe
Serial No: 138
SignedStamped on bell: EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE PARIS (in banners) / HORS CONCOURS / MEMBRE DU JURY / [monogram] / COUESNON & CIE / FOURNISSEURS DE L'ARMEE / 94 RUE D’ANGOULEME / PARIS / CHATEAU- THIERRY / 22 (within a pomegranate)
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 138
Stamped on second valve casing: L / 5
Stamped on second valve casing: 138
Stamped on second valve casing: L / 5
DescriptionBrass; with later lacquer. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 525 mm
Bell diameter: 185 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
Bell diameter: 185 mm
Bore: cannot be measured
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
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. 420-421.
Object number: 02063