Valved horn

F. Schlott

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Alternative Title

Ventilwaldhorn.

Instrument

Valve horn

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

F. Schlott

Place Made

Central Europe ; Europe ; Germany

Date Made

Circa 1875

Description

Technical description: Terminal crooked. Valve loop length indicates use in F. Metal construction: yellow brass; seamed bell segment with gusseted bell, wired bell rim. no garland; cylindrical parts and mouthpipe of drawn tube. With F crook only. Valve type: 3 rotary valves of standard pattern. 3rd rotor lever screw missing. Main tube unsoldered between valves 1 and 2. Signature marks: Inscribed on bell "Friedrich Schlott / Gahlis Leipzig" and illegible stamp with crown and "...W.". Inscribed on valves "6", "5", "4". Usable pitch: Plays at A4 = 440 Hz with tuning-slide pulled out 20mm. Performance characteristics: Slightly stuffy sound.

Notes

P.Lewis, 1987; R.Parks 9.2.91, 9.2.96; L. Whitehead 20.04.91.

Measurements

Corpus diameter 325mm; bell diameter 286mm.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0867