End-blown horn
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeSweden, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionGoats horn stained dark brown, naturally curved, serrated ridge with eyelet, four fingerholes, integral mouthpiece.
Traditional Finnish bukke horn, finely made and well preserved.
DimensionsHeight: 215 mm
Tube length (center line of curve): 210 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum): 11.5–6 mm
Fingerhole positions (to receiver end): 107 mm, 133 mm, 160 mm, 185 mm
Hole diameter: 4.6 mm
Bell diameter (maximum): 40 mm (max.)
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 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 2: Ways to Expand the Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2013), pp. 53, 251.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07233
On View
Not on view
1995 ca.
