Single horn, F, high pitch
Alternate name(s)
- French horn
Maker
F. A. Reynolds Company
Date1936-1947 ca.
Place MadeCleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Serial No.13690
SignedEngraved on bell within cartouche: MADE BY / (inside ribbon banner) F ▪ A ▪ REYNOLDS / CLEVELAND O.Stamped on second valve casing: REYNOLDS
MarkingsStamped in the exterior of second valve casing, inside of each bottom-valve caps, on each inner-valve cap support, on each driver pivot, on bottom of each rotor: 13690
Stamped on each valve casing: R
Stamped on valve casings, touchpieces, bottom valve caps, valve cap supports, and driver pivots, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped in the head of each rotor screw: OIL
Stamped in main-slide brace ferrule: 90
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver trim. Lacquered finish. Three rotary valves with string linkages.
DimensionsCoil diameter: 310 mm
Bell diameter: 305 mm
Primary bore: 11.6mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesGary Moege, “A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” (DMA diss., The University of Oklahoma, 1985), 610-11.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03272
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