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Alto horn, bell front, F, high pitch

Alto horn, bell front, F, high pitch

Date: 1880-1890 ca.
Place Made:Kraslice (Graslitz), Bohemia, Europe
Serial No: 790
SignedEmbossed on bell medallion: EMANUEL HÜLLER / GRASLITZ No 790
MarkingsStamped on second valve cap: 86
DescriptionBrass; with nickel-silver trim. Three rotary valves with metal linkages.
DimensionsOverall length: 375 mm
Bell diameter: 166 mm
Primary bore: cannot be measured

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesGary Moege, A Catalog of the Alto Brass Instruments in the Shrine to Music Museum, DMA dissertation, University of Oklahoma, 1985, pp. 52-54, plate X #1.
Object number: 03244