Post horn, C
Distributor
Franz Schrott
Date1900 ca.
Place DistributedGraz, Austria, Europe
Place MadeSaxony, Germany
Serial No.none
SignedEngraved at bell: Franz Schrott Graz Reitschulgasse 16MarkingsnoneDescriptionBrass, German silver, double coil, telescopic tuning slide at leadpipe, three rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), three-point-wing device, one stop pin, clock-spring return. Franz Schrott is recorded as a woodwind maker and musical instrument dealer at Reitschulgasse 16 in Graz. The business was founded in 1897 and is listed until 1929-1930 in Paul de Wit’s Weltaddressbuch. It is, therefore, likely that Schrott only sold but not made this post horn. Stylistic features point at an origin in Austria or Saxony.DimensionsHeight: 196 mm
Tube length: 1108 mm, 1124 mm
Bore diameter receiver: 11 mm
Bore diameter valves: 11 mm
Bore diameter tuning slide (initial, minimum): 10.7 mm, 9.8 mm
Bell diameter: 119 mmProvenancePurchased in 1999 from Tony Bingham, London, England.Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 185-186, 190, 305.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06202
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