Valved horn. Nominal pitch

Buffet Crampon

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Alternative Title

Cor Sauterelle.

Instrument

Valve horn

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Buffet Crampon

Place Made

Paris ; Europe ; Western Europe ; France

Date Made

1913

Description

Technical description: 3 detachable valves with ascending third piston, which raises pitch by 2 semitones. Alternative tuning-slide sections for use as a natural horn. Brass; angle between axis of mouthpipe / crook receiver and axis of bell 140°; gusseted bell, no garland; water-key on tubing between crook receiver and main tuning-slide; cork-covered metal guide on ferrule on main tubing to prevent damage when assembling and taking apart. With 1-coil crook for F with water key. Note that an F crook for an ascending valve horn is the same size as the G crook for a descending valve horn. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves. Serial number: 3993. Model 267. Overall size: perpendicular to bell 425; corpus diameter 335; bell diameter 222. Sounding length: segment lengths: from distal end of ferrule after valves 574; bell segment 908. Bore: at distal end of crook: 11.1; m.t.s. 11.1; v.t.s. (3,2,1) 11.1. Bell flare: - Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. of crook 8.1 at end; crook external taper 11.6 - 12.5. Crook receiver taper on body 13.3 - 12.3. Inscribed on bell: "BUFFET / Crampon & Co / A PARIS" within ellipse surmounted by lyre, with monogram "BC" below. Inscribed around bell: "Evette & Schaeffer Ince Mon Buffet Crampon & Cie 18 & 20 Passage du Gd Cerf Paris". Inscribed on side of 2nd valve: "BUFFET / Crampon & Co / A PARIS" within ellipse surmounted by lyre, with monogram "BC" below, and on side and bottom caps of valves: "4", "5", "6". Inscribed on crook "SOL" on rectangular silver plate. Canvas fitted case with hard lid. Usable pitch: With slide in and with valves, plays at A4 = 440 Hz. Performance characteristics: Plays freely as a natural horn; more stuffy with valves. Purchased by lender with, probably formerly used with and possibly supplied by manufacturer with mouthpiece (3161). Specific literature references: M. A. Soyer (1925).

Notes

P. Lewis, 20.12.96; A. Myers 1991; R. Parks, 28.9.91, 13.6.92, 16.3.96.

Measurements

perpendicular to bell 425; corpus diameter 335; bell diameter 222.

Provenance

special order for the horn player Penable, sold May 1913.M.J. Pénable was the author of the chapter Cor in Lavignac. At the time Lavignac's encyclopedia was published (1925), Jean Pénable was "DK La Société des concerts du Conservatoire. ; on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3160