Alto horn, E-flat, low pitch
Trade Name
Besson
Maker
Boosey & Hawkes
Date1961
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
ModelModel 1110
Serial No.320494
SignedStamped on bell: 50 MEDALS OF HONOUR (in banners) / FB (monogram) / Besson / [five-pointed star] / LONDON – PARIS – NEW YORK / MADE IN ENGLANDMarkingsStamped on back of bell parallel to main tubing: 320494
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1, 2, 3
DescriptionSilver-plated brass, satin finish, double loop, upright bell, tuning slide at first bow (small first loop), fixed curved leadpipe, three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), bottom-sprung, alignment by one key on piston (stainless steel), single water key at tuning slide and first-valve slide, windway 1-2-3.
Boosey & Hawkes company records at the Horniman Museum in London list this instrument as tenor horn (British nomenclature) S/P Model 1110 LP BESSON. It was made in a batch of 15 (320482-96), given out on January 5, 1961, and charged out on February 24, 1961. “S/P” stands for silver-plated.
DimensionsHeight: 501 mm
Tube length: 1954 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slides): 11 mm, 9.7 mm, 11.6–13.3 mm, 11 mm
Bell diameter: 177 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Richard Dundas, Rutland, Vermont, 1988.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06919
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