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English bass horn, C
Date: 1825-1835 ca.
Place Made:England, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBrass body, bell and keys.
Six fingerholes with chimneys; four keys in box mounts with brass flat spring and tone-hole rim; tab seams.
Two tuning slides: One at the bocal and one at the tuning shank.
Six fingerholes with chimneys; four keys in box mounts with brass flat spring and tone-hole rim; tab seams.
Two tuning slides: One at the bocal and one at the tuning shank.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 810 mm
Internal diameter receiver at bocal: ca. 17.5 mm
Bell diameter: 203 mm
Internal diameter tuning shank: 12.7-ca. 16 mm
Internal diameter receiver at bocal: ca. 17.5 mm
Bell diameter: 203 mm
Internal diameter tuning shank: 12.7-ca. 16 mm
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1976
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart, “Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” SMM Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 9.
Object number: 01509