English bass horn, C
Date1825-1835 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
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SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionBrass body, bell and keys.
Six fingerholes with chimneys; four keys in box mounts with brass flat spring and tone-hole rim; tab seams.
Two tuning slides: One at the bocal and one at the tuning shank.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 810 mm
Internal diameter receiver at bocal: ca. 17.5 mm
Bell diameter: 203 mm
Internal diameter tuning shank: 12.7-ca. 16 mm
Published ReferencesGary M. Stewart, “Keyed Brass Instruments in the Arne B. Larson Collection,” SMM Catalog Vol. I (1980), p. 9.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1976
Object number01509
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1830 ca.
1835 ca.
1820 ca.