Alto horn, bell up, E-flat
Maker
Couesnon & Cie
Date1922 ca.
Place MadeParis, 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
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
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, pp. 420-421.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02063
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