Cornet, B-flat
Maker
Francois Sudre
Date1885 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelModèle de l'armée ou modèle Besson
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on bell: H (in horn) / 83 MEDAILLES & BREVETS [in banner] / Halari / DIPLÔME D’HONNEUR / F. SUDRE SEUR / SEUL FOURNR DE LA MARINE / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE / ET DE L’ARMÉE / 6 et 8 rue de Poitevins /
à ParisMarkingsStamped on lower valve caps, respectively: 4, 5, 6
DescriptionBrass with silver-plating in damascene technique, double loop, two tuning slides (second and third bow), removable leadpipe (B-flat shank), three Périnet valves (1, ½, 1½), top-sprung, single water key at first bow, windway 3-2-1.
B-flat tuning shank has same decoration as instrument; other shanks and crooks lost.
The surface of the instrument, including the bell interior, is decorated with tendrils in false or counterfeit damascene technique (applied metal) to imitate damascene technique, in which two metals are inlaid into one another (commonly silver and gold). It appears that gold-plating was directly applied over the brass and is now worn off in many places. Before the silver-plating was done, the gold-plated areas were masked (with lacquer or shellac or some other suitable sealer) and therefore not touched by the subsequent silver plating.
Halari’s successor, François Sudre, occupied premises at 6 and 8 rue Poitevins in Paris between 1878 and 1885. However, the form of the signature, mentioning "83 Medailles et Brevets" was used in a Sudre catalog of July 1888, suggesting that the instrument was made near that date.
DimensionsHeight: 334 mm
Tube length: 1241 mm, 1310 mm
Bore diameter (tuning slides): 11.2–11.7 mm, 11.8 mm
Bore diameter (valves slides): 11.9 mm
Bore diameter (shank, initial, minimum): 9.7 mm, 8.9 mm
Bell diameter: 113 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Tony Bingham, London, England, 1994.
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine..The Sudorphone and other inventions by Francois Sudre in Paris." _National Music Museum Newsletter_ 44, no. 3 (Fall 2020): 6-7 and 11.,
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07110
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