Koenig horn. Nominal pitch: F etc.
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Alternative TitleKoenig horn. |
InstrumentTenor cor |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerAntoine Courtois |
Place MadeWestern Europe ; Europe ; France ; Paris |
Date Made1856-1858 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Silver-plated brass. Circular wrap, bell directed downwards, similar to a tenor cor; terminal shank or crook required. With looped tuning-slide for E♭ and D♭. The section of tubing containing the tuning-slide has a false loop completing the circular corpus for strength and appearance. With water-key, no music card-holder.With non-original shank of overall length 19.0 and minimum bore (at distal end) 10.1. Valve type: 3 Périnet valves, top-sprung with spring outside stem. Unusual alignment by continuous vertical key extending along length of stem, engaging with slotted ring inside casing. Metal partitions. Repair History: Two of the valve touchpieces are replacements (not matching screw thread or style). The small shank with the instrument is a shorter replacement for the original shank(s) and terminal crooks. Overall size: 378 perpendicular to bell; corpus diameter 325; bell 200. Sounding length: minimum with extant tuning slide but without shank or crook, 1896; minimum with postulated shank and extant tuning slide for Eb, 1966. minimum with postulated shank and postulated tuning slide for F, 1770. Bore: postulated shank minimum bore, 9.0; instrument body at c 40mm from shank/crook receiver (local minimum bore) 10.6; valve cluster entry at c 148mm from shank/crook receiver, v.t.s. bore (1,2,3) 11.5; m.t.s. at c 635mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 12.35; m.t.s. at c 977mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 14.65; 913mm from bell end, c 14.2; 885mm from bell end, c 16.6; c 632mm from bell end, 20.1; c 321mm from bell end, 23.5; 30.3mm from bell end, 101. B = 0.51 with postulated shank and postulated tuning slide for F; B = 0.52 with postulated shank and extant tuning slide for Eb. Bell cutoff = 900 Hz. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. of shank, 11.4 - 10.1; external taper 12.2 to 11.1 over taper length 17; shank/crook receiver taper on body of instrument 12.2 - 11.1. Inscribed on bell "KOENIG HORN" / "MÉDAILLE / DE / 1RE CLASSE / EXPOSITION / UNIVERSELLE / 1855" within a circle / "ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE IMPERIAL / 88 rue des Marais St Martin / CI DEVANT RUE DE CAIRE / Paris / JULLIEN & CO. Sole Agents / 214 Regent St. London"; on side of valve casings "1", "2", "3". Stamped inside 3rd valve top cap "783". Tuning slide for Eb and Db inscribed "MIb & REb". With black fitted case. The case has positions for an alternative main tuning slide, two crooks, three items such as mouthpiece, tuning bit and shank. Tuning slide for F and E, and terminal shanks/crooks missing. General usage of type: The koenig horn was introduced in 1855 (Waterhouse 1993). Many features very closely resemble those of the instrument by Distin in the Horniman Museum (14.5.47.C161), suggesting that this model was the original of Distin's `tenor cor'. General literature references: A similar Courtois instrument is illustrated in Bingham 1983, item 45. Usable pitch: Without any original shank or terminal crook, the intended playing pitch cannot be established. Purchased by lender with cornet mouthpiece (1882). |
Other InformationGeneral usage of type: The koenig horn was introduced in 1855 (Waterhouse 1993). Many features very closely resemble those of the instrument by Distin in the Horniman Museum (14.5.47.C161), suggesting that this model was the original of Distin's `tenor cor'. |
NotesR. Parks, 20.11.93, 23.10.99, 6.11.99; Arnold Myers. |
Measurements378 perpendicular to bell; corpus diameter 325; bell 200. |
Provenanceacquired by Roy Mickleburgh in 1973. ; on loan to the Collection. |
CollectionMickleburgh Collection ; MIMEd |
Accession Number1081 |