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Alto horn, bell front, E-flat, high pitch
Alto horn, bell front, E-flat, high pitch
Alto horn, bell front, E-flat, high pitch

Alto horn, bell front, E-flat, high pitch

Trade Name (trade name of Lyon & Healy)
Distributor
Date1894-1915 ca.
Place DistributedChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place MadeFrance, Europe
ModelBeau Ideal
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell: BEAU IDEAL / CHICAGO
MarkingsStamped consecutively on valves: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve stem: Z

DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated finish. Three, bottom-sprung Perinet piston valves.
DimensionsHeight: 550 mm
Bell diameter: 195 mm
Primary bore: 11.9 mm (0.470 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, pp. 56, 57, plate XI #2.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01366
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