Bell-forward tenor horn. Nominal pitch: F.
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InstrumentAlto saxhorn |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerHawkes & Son |
Place MadeEurope ; United Kingdom ; London ; England |
Date MadeCirca 1910 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Brass, 4 valves, with shank; water-key and fitting for music card-holder. It is not known what name would have been used for this instrument by its maker or original users. Valve type: 4 Périnet valves, top sprung with compression spring outside tubular stem; alignment by key on piston, groove in casing bore. Serial number: 30078. Overall size: length 428; bell 178. Sounding length: overall length of shank 139.5; effective length of shank 115; minimum total length with shank for F inserted 1776. Bore: shank at c 40mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 8.7; mouthpipe at c 40mm from shank/crook receiver (minimum bore) 10.1; centre of valve cluster at c 277mm from shank/crook receiver, v.t.s. bore (4,3,2,1) 11.4; m.t.s. at c 387mm from shank/crook receiver, tuning slide bore 12.0; m.t.s. at c 559mm from shank/crook receiver, tuning slide bore 12.8; at 888mm from bell end, c 14.3; at c 626mm from bell end, 20.22; 27.5mm from bell end, 101.5. B = 0.51. Bell cutoff = 900 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: shank m.r.t. 11.5 10.7; shank external taper 10.9 11.7; shank receiver taper on instrument 12.1 11.0. Inscribed on bell "EXCELSIOR SONOROUS / CLASS A / HAWKES & SON / Denman Street / Piccadilly Circus / LONDON / 30078"; on valve casings and top and bottom caps "1", "2", "3", "4"; on side of 2nd valve casing "HAWKES & SON / LONDON / 2". Performance characteristics: The input impedance and harmonicity of the air column resonances are reported in Myers and Campbell 2006. Illustration references: TUBA Journal, Spring 1999, 26 (3) p.55; World Wide Web picture at http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ |
NotesR.Parks, 22.6.96. |
Measurementslength 428; bell 178. |
Provenanceex- Trevor Picken collection. ; on loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number3484 |