Alto horn in helicon shape, E-flat
Date1875-1885 ca.
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedUnsignedMarkingsnoneDescriptionGerman-silver-plated brass, body in double loop with large coil, circle closed with dummy tube, tuning slide at small first bow, fixed curved leadpipe, three side-action (lever over) string-operated rotary valves (1, ½, 1½), double cork, spiral-spring return.Similar alto horns in helicon shape were offered by the Boston Musical Instrument Manufactory in catalogs of 1869, 1874 and 1887, and by David C. Hall, also Boston, in a catalog from 1879. Provenance from Boston is therefore likely.DimensionsHeight: ca. 570 mm
Tube length: 1913 mm
Bell diameter: 183 mmProvenancePurchased in 1989 from Lark in the Morning, Mendocino, California.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. 244-245, 312.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06986
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