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Natural horn, A alto
Natural horn, A alto
Natural horn, A alto

Natural horn, A alto

ALTERNATE NAME(S)
  • Hunting horn
Date1783
Place MadeEllwangen, Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: MACHT BALTHAS FÜRST IN ELLWANG / 1 [stamped bishop's mitre] 7 [stamped bishop's mitre] 8 [stamped bishop's mitre] 3
MarkingsConcentric rings turned into bell garland.
DescriptionBrass body in 3 1/2 coils (four segments: fixed leadpipe, two intermediate segments, bell); bell with tab seam and gusset, inside of bell blackened; garland with multiple, concentric, engraved lines; Saxon rim with iron wire insert; receiver ferrule with engraved lines and wavy edge.
DimensionsTube length: ca. 2900 mm
Height: 372
Coil diameter: 270 mm
Internal diameter receiver: 8 mm
Bell diameter: 220 mm

ProvenancePurchased in 1976 from Evans Lantz, Bonita, California.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 308-309.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1976
Object number01466
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