Trompe de Chasse. Nominal pitch: 14-ft D.
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Alternative TitleTrompe de Chasse. |
InstrumentHunting horn |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerLecomte |
Place MadeFrance ; Europe ; Paris ; Western Europe |
Date MadePossibly 1906 |
DescriptionOverall size: 648; corpus diameter 395; bell diameter 261 267. Sounding length: mouthpipe length (including ferrule) 180; segment lengths, intermediate segments 760, 966, 960, 522, 375; bell segment 729. Bore: 71.5mm from bell end, 100. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 7.6 6.7. Technical description: 3½ coils; brass; inside of bell painted black. Metal construction: mouthpipe, 5 intermediate segments and bell, with overlapping joints except first and last joints (ferrule); wired bell rim, no garland. Bell flare external diameter at one bell diameter c 30.5. Inscribed on bell "A.L. & CIE." surmounted by tuning fork within laurel wreath / seven overlapped medallions, the outer two bearing a laurel branch, the others respectively "PHILADELPHIE", "LYON", "PARIS / 1867 / 1878", "LIMA", "MELBOURNE" / "A.LECOMTE & CIE. / PARIS" / "6" within bell flower. Usable pitch: Plays at A4 = 435 440 Hz. |
NotesP. Lewis, 20.12.96; R. Parks, 9.12.95, 10.2.96; A. Myers (bore) 25.2.00. |
Measurements648; corpus diameter 395; bell diameter 261-267. |
Provenanceon loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMIMEd |
Accession Number3494 |