Baritone Koenig horn, Nominal pitch: 8-ft|C.

Antoine Courtois

Baritone Koenig horn, Nominal pitch: 8-ft|C..

Instrument

Baritone saxhorn

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Antoine Courtois

Place Made

Europe; Western Europe; Paris; France

Date Made

1856-1858

Description

Technical description: Brass. Circular wrap, bell directed downwards. With water-key and music card-holder. With C main tuning-slide only. No false loop. Valve type: 3 rotary valves with ratchet and pawl adjusters for clock springs. Overall size: 379 perpendicular to bell; corpus diameter 350; bell 220. Sounding length: minimum 2420. Bore: mouthpipe at c 20mm from mouthpiece receiver (minimum bore) 10.55; centre of valve cluster at c 485mm from mouthpiece receiver, v.t.s. bore (3,2,1) c 12.3; m.t.s. at c 770mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 13.6; m.t.s. at c 985mm from mouthpiece receiver, tuning slide bore 15.9; 1210mm from bell end, c 17.6; c 766mm from bell end, 24.9. B = 0.54. Dia of mouthpiece receiver: m.r.t. 11.4 10.6. Inscribed on bell "KOENIG HORN" / circle containing "MÉDAILLE / DE / 1RE CLASSE / EXPOSITION / UNIVERSELLE / 1855" / "ANTOINE COURTOIS / Breveté / FACTEUR DU CONSERVATOIRE IMPERIAL / 88. rue des Marais St Martin / CI DEVANT RUE DU CAIRE / Paris / JULLIEN & CO. / Sole Agents / 214 Regent St. London". Repair History: With spanner for adjusting clock spring tension. Some leakage in windway. General usage of type: The koenig horn was introduced in 1855 (Waterhouse 1993).

Other Information

General usage of type: The koenig horn was introduced in 1855 (Waterhouse 1993).

Notes

R. Parks, 20.11.93, bore 25.10.97; Arnold Myers, bore 25.10.97.

Measurements

379 perpendicular to bell; corpus diameter 350; bell 220.

Provenance

Lent by Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries '42 -68s.

Collection

MIMEd; Glen Collection

Accession Number

1710