Natural horn, C alto
Alternate name(s)
- Natural horn
Maker
Paulus Schmidt
Date1760 ca.
Place MadeNuremberg, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved on bell garland: MACHT PAULUS / SCHMIDT. IN / NURBMaster's mark engraved on bell garland: P [left-facing peacock] S
MarkingsDouble-headed eagle stamped six times on bell garland.
DescriptionBrass body in 2 1/2 coils (two segments: fixed leadpipe and both coils in one, bell); bell with overlapping tab seam, tabs sloping towards the bell end, inside of bell blackened; Nuremberg rim with worn ear-of-corn rim wire; receiver ferrule with multiple engraved lines.
DimensionsTube length: ca. 2295 mm
Height: ca. 340 mm
Internal diameter receiver: 7.6 mm
Coil diameter: ca. 280 mm
Bell diameter: 170 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1984 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Published ReferencesMargaret Downie Banks, “17th & 18th-Century Brass Instruments at the Shrine to Music Museum,” Brass Bulletin, Vol. 58, No. 21/ 1987, p. 56-57.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1984
Object number03347
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